The Discoverers
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
What does it truly mean to discover — to shatter the boundaries of the known world and reimagine the very fabric of human understanding? The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin is a sweeping, magisterial work of intellectual history that chronicles humanity's greatest quest: the pursuit of knowledge itself. Spanning continents and millennia, it traces the pioneering journeys of explorers, scientists, philosophers, and visionaries — from the ancient mapping of time and space to the revolutionary breakthroughs of the Renaissance and beyond — presenting discovery not merely as an event, but as a defining characteristic of the human spirit. Boorstin writes with rare clarity and infectious enthusiasm, weaving together the histories of geography, astronomy, biology, and commerce into a grand unified narrative of human curiosity. His argument is bold and provocative: that the greatest obstacle to discovery has never been ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge — the comfortable certainties that blind us to what lies just beyond our horizon. Richly detailed and brilliantly structured, The Discoverers stands as a landmark of popular history, rewarding readers with the dizzying revelation that the story of human progress is, at its heart, the story of those brave enough to ask: what if we are wrong?
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
What does it truly mean to discover — to shatter the boundaries of the known world and reimagine the very fabric of human understanding? The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin is a sweeping, magisterial work of intellectual history that chronicles humanity's greatest quest: the pursuit of knowledge itself. Spanning continents and millennia, it traces the pioneering journeys of explorers, scientists, philosophers, and visionaries — from the ancient mapping of time and space to the revolutionary breakthroughs of the Renaissance and beyond — presenting discovery not merely as an event, but as a defining characteristic of the human spirit. Boorstin writes with rare clarity and infectious enthusiasm, weaving together the histories of geography, astronomy, biology, and commerce into a grand unified narrative of human curiosity. His argument is bold and provocative: that the greatest obstacle to discovery has never been ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge — the comfortable certainties that blind us to what lies just beyond our horizon. Richly detailed and brilliantly structured, The Discoverers stands as a landmark of popular history, rewarding readers with the dizzying revelation that the story of human progress is, at its heart, the story of those brave enough to ask: what if we are wrong?