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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... clock at constant speed , the hole through which the water poured must not become clogged or worn larger . The outflow clocks posed another minor problem because the speed of flow depended on the water pressure , and that always varied ...
... clock at constant speed , the hole through which the water poured must not become clogged or worn larger . The outflow clocks posed another minor problem because the speed of flow depended on the water pressure , and that always varied ...
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... clock stimulated new talents , new kinds of understanding and imagi- nation . In the age of the French Revolution , Condorcet , the mathematician- philosopher and encyclopedist , while praising an inventor of improvements in silk ...
... clock stimulated new talents , new kinds of understanding and imagi- nation . In the age of the French Revolution , Condorcet , the mathematician- philosopher and encyclopedist , while praising an inventor of improvements in silk ...
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... clock was the clock itself , performing for new publics all over Europe . No self - respecting European town would be without its public clock , which tolled all citizens together to defend , to celebrate , or to mourn . A community ...
... clock was the clock itself , performing for new publics all over Europe . No self - respecting European town would be without its public clock , which tolled all citizens together to defend , to celebrate , or to mourn . A community ...
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FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME | 26 |
THE MISSIONARY CLOCK | 56 |
THE EARTH AND THE SEAS | 79 |
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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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Adam Smith Africa Age of Discovery anatomy ancient animals Arabic Asia astrology astronomical became body Buffon calendar called century China Chinese Christian Church classical clock clockmakers coast Columbus continent Copernicus culture Darwin discovered discovery earth East Emperor empire English Europe European experience exploring father French Galen Galileo geography Greek heavens Henry historian human hundred ideas Indian Indies invented Islam islands John Khan King Koran Kublai Khan land language Latin latitude learned Leibniz Linnaeus longitude manuscript maps Marco Marco Polo mathematics medieval Mediterranean Memory modern moon movable type Muslim nature never Newton observed Ocean Paracelsus physician pioneer plants Pope Portugal Portuguese Prester John Prince printed book Ptolemy Ptolemy's reached Roman Rome sailing Saint scholars scientific seafaring ships species telescope theory tion translation University Venice Vesalius Vespucci Viking voyage water clock West Western whole word writing
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