The Discoverers: A History Of Man's Search To Know His World And Himself
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
From the first human who looked up at the stars and dared to ask why, to the brilliant minds who mapped continents, measured time, and unravelled the mysteries of the natural world, The Discoverers is a sweeping, magisterial chronicle of humanity's relentless quest to understand the universe it inhabits. Daniel J. Boorstin presents an ambitious panorama of intellectual history, tracing the great leaps of discovery across time, geography, and discipline — from ancient astronomers and medieval navigators to Renaissance anatomists and Enlightenment naturalists — weaving their stories into a grand, unified narrative of human curiosity. Boorstin argues with elegant authority that the greatest obstacle to discovery has never been ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge — a provocative thesis that lends this monumental work both scholarly rigour and urgent relevance. His prose is vivid and authoritative, commanding the reader's attention across thousands of years of civilisation with the ease of a master storyteller. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a landmark of popular history, The Discoverers remains an indispensable testament to the audacity of the human mind — and a reminder that the next great discovery may be closer than we think.
Author: Daniel J Boorstin
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Random House
Genre: History
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
From the first human who looked up at the stars and dared to ask why, to the brilliant minds who mapped continents, measured time, and unravelled the mysteries of the natural world, The Discoverers is a sweeping, magisterial chronicle of humanity's relentless quest to understand the universe it inhabits. Daniel J. Boorstin presents an ambitious panorama of intellectual history, tracing the great leaps of discovery across time, geography, and discipline — from ancient astronomers and medieval navigators to Renaissance anatomists and Enlightenment naturalists — weaving their stories into a grand, unified narrative of human curiosity. Boorstin argues with elegant authority that the greatest obstacle to discovery has never been ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge — a provocative thesis that lends this monumental work both scholarly rigour and urgent relevance. His prose is vivid and authoritative, commanding the reader's attention across thousands of years of civilisation with the ease of a master storyteller. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a landmark of popular history, The Discoverers remains an indispensable testament to the audacity of the human mind — and a reminder that the next great discovery may be closer than we think.