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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... proved to be a cul - de - sac . Unable to sight the ship , he retraced his course over at least two hundred fifty miles looking vainly for some trace . Unknown to Magellan , the pilot of the San Antonio , Esteban Gómez , who hated the ...
... proved to be a cul - de - sac . Unable to sight the ship , he retraced his course over at least two hundred fifty miles looking vainly for some trace . Unknown to Magellan , the pilot of the San Antonio , Esteban Gómez , who hated the ...
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... proved Homer's Troy to be the sixth level up from the bottom which Schliemann had cut through in his haste . His conclusions at Mycenae , too , were off the mark . He had not , as he proclaimed , found the tomb of Agamemnon . The tomb ...
... proved Homer's Troy to be the sixth level up from the bottom which Schliemann had cut through in his haste . His conclusions at Mycenae , too , were off the mark . He had not , as he proclaimed , found the tomb of Agamemnon . The tomb ...
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... proved to have relation to each other . This fact will most likely prove exceedingly fertile . " He was reassured by finding that the angle of rotation of the ray of light was directly proportional to the strength of the electromagnetic ...
... proved to have relation to each other . This fact will most likely prove exceedingly fertile . " He was reassured by finding that the angle of rotation of the ray of light was directly proportional to the strength of the electromagnetic ...
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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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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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