The Discoverers, Band 2Random House, 1983 - 745 Seiten Examines the human quest for knowledge and discoveries as it discusses such men as Galileo, Adam Smith, Columbus, Marx, Napoleon, Magellan, Faraday, Freud, Marco Polo, and St. Augustine. |
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... began at what we would call 7:33 A.M. and lasted only till 8:17 A.M. , while the twelfth hour ( hora duodecima ) began at 3:42 P.M. and expired at 4:27 P.M. , when the longer night hours began . What a problem for the clockmakers ! We ...
... began at what we would call 7:33 A.M. and lasted only till 8:17 A.M. , while the twelfth hour ( hora duodecima ) began at 3:42 P.M. and expired at 4:27 P.M. , when the longer night hours began . What a problem for the clockmakers ! We ...
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... began on March 25 , that each of his regnal years included parts of two A.D. years . The modern practice of beginning the New Year with January 1 marks a return to pagan practice , for that was when the Roman year began , which explains ...
... began on March 25 , that each of his regnal years included parts of two A.D. years . The modern practice of beginning the New Year with January 1 marks a return to pagan practice , for that was when the Roman year began , which explains ...
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... began teaching mathematics at the age of seventeen . As a young man he wrote poetry , collaborated on an opera , served as apprentice in an artist's studio , and painted interesting canvases of his own . He received the first doctor ...
... began teaching mathematics at the age of seventeen . As a young man he wrote poetry , collaborated on an opera , served as apprentice in an artist's studio , and painted interesting canvases of his own . He received the first doctor ...
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FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME | 26 |
THE MISSIONARY CLOCK | 56 |
THE EARTH AND THE SEAS | 79 |
Urheberrecht | |
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself Daniel J. Boorstin Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1985 |
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