A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future

Author: Van Doren, Charles

Brand: Ballantine Books

Color: Black

Edition: Reissue

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 448

Release Date: 17-03-1992

Part Number: NUSTBK20171230-C0082906

Details: A one-voume reference to the history of ideas that is a compendium of everything that humankind has thought, invented, created, considered, and perfected from the beginning of civilization into the twenty-first century. Massive in its scope, and yet totally accessible, A HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE covers not only all the great theories and discoveries of the human race, but also explores the social conditions, political climates, and individual men and women of genius that brought ideas to fruition throughout history.
"Crystal clear and concise...Explains how humankind got to know what it knows."
Clifton Fadiman
Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club

EAN: 8601300232638

Package Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.9 inches

Languages: English