Name: Daniel J Boorstin The Discoverers Book, used, Hardcover A History of Mans Search
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A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself

Perhaps the greatest book by 1 of our greatest historians, Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range & majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely, ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time- “the first grand discovery" & continues through the age of exploration & the advent of the natural & social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures & accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names & dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask & answer several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe & America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet?

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