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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... later , Buddhists made that mythical 84,000 - mile - high mountain - above - the - mountains the dwelling place of their gods . Mt. Meru , central mountain of the universe and vertical axis of the egg - shaped cosmos , was surrounded by ...
... later , Buddhists made that mythical 84,000 - mile - high mountain - above - the - mountains the dwelling place of their gods . Mt. Meru , central mountain of the universe and vertical axis of the egg - shaped cosmos , was surrounded by ...
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... Later Arab historians have tried to explain away Ibn Majid's role by saying he must have been drunk to confide to Vasco da Gama the information that would guide him safely to his Indian destination . Once admitted , the Portuguese and ...
... Later Arab historians have tried to explain away Ibn Majid's role by saying he must have been drunk to confide to Vasco da Gama the information that would guide him safely to his Indian destination . Once admitted , the Portuguese and ...
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... later , when movable type came to Europe , and after only a brief Gothic interlude , the letters were fashioned on the model of Carolingian Minuscule . Long after other monuments of Charlemagne's empire have crumbled , the pages of this ...
... later , when movable type came to Europe , and after only a brief Gothic interlude , the letters were fashioned on the model of Carolingian Minuscule . Long after other monuments of Charlemagne's empire have crumbled , the pages of this ...
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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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