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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... followed them developed a mythology of judgment day , an appealing es- chatology that we can still see elegantly depicted on their black - figured vases . The books of many peoples on the Descent into Hades , while varying in the cast ...
... followed them developed a mythology of judgment day , an appealing es- chatology that we can still see elegantly depicted on their black - figured vases . The books of many peoples on the Descent into Hades , while varying in the cast ...
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... followed not Strabo but Eratos- thenes ? And then , if Columbus had known how large the world really was ? But Columbus followed Ptolemy , than whom there then was no higher geographic authority . And he further improved his prospects ...
... followed not Strabo but Eratos- thenes ? And then , if Columbus had known how large the world really was ? But Columbus followed Ptolemy , than whom there then was no higher geographic authority . And he further improved his prospects ...
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... followed in two brilliant essays by Charles Homer Haskins , Nor- man Institutions ( 1967 ) and The Nor- mans in European History ( 1959 ) . A readable layman's introduction to the history of the arts and sciences of navigation is ...
... followed in two brilliant essays by Charles Homer Haskins , Nor- man Institutions ( 1967 ) and The Nor- mans in European History ( 1959 ) . A readable layman's introduction to the history of the arts and sciences of navigation is ...
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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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