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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... course , the Mus- lims - whose commercial interests would be threatened ? The King , overrul- ing objections , chose for leader of the expedition a gentleman of his household , Vasco da Gama ( c . 1460-1524 ) , son of a minor official ...
... course , the Mus- lims - whose commercial interests would be threatened ? The King , overrul- ing objections , chose for leader of the expedition a gentleman of his household , Vasco da Gama ( c . 1460-1524 ) , son of a minor official ...
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... course , Columbus found clear sailing . With a following wind , Columbus ' ships scudded ahead . The strong following wind was so constant that Columbus ' crew even began to fear that in those regions they might never find the westerly ...
... course , Columbus found clear sailing . With a following wind , Columbus ' ships scudded ahead . The strong following wind was so constant that Columbus ' crew even began to fear that in those regions they might never find the westerly ...
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... course , noted long before variations in barometric pressure , which had to await the discovery that air had weight . Meanwhile the scaling of all such instruments remained confused . In seventeenth - century England the discovery that ...
... course , noted long before variations in barometric pressure , which had to await the discovery that air had weight . Meanwhile the scaling of all such instruments remained confused . In seventeenth - century England the discovery that ...
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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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