A History of Knowledge
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A History of Knowledge by Charles Van Doren
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
Van Doren and philosopher Mortimer J. Smith coauthored the classic How to Read a Book. Adler is the author of A History of Knowledge (which sold 30,000 hardback copies and 150,000 paperback copies), as well as The Concept of Progress, Grand Treasury of Western Thought, The Annals of America, Second Chance: An American Tale, and other young-adult books and Webster's American biographies. He teaches at the University of Connecticut's Torrington Campus as an adjunct lecturer. Mark Van Doren, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Columbia University professor, was his father.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780345373168 |
| ISBN 10 | 0345373162 |
| Title | A History of Knowledge |
| Author | Charles Van Doren |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 1992-03-17 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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