A History of Knowledge by Charles Lincoln 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, Charles: - Van Doren is the coauthor of the classic How to Read a Book with philosopher Mortimer J. Adler; the author of A History of Knowledge (which sold 30,000 copies in hardcover and 150,000 in paperback); and the author or editor of The Idea of Progress, Great Treasury of Western Thought, The Annals of America, Second Chance: An American Story, as well as several novels for young people and Webster's American biographies. He is an adjunct professor of the University of Connecticut, Torrington Campus. His father was Mark Van Doren, a Pulitzer Prize winning poet and professor at Columbia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781559720373 |
| ISBN 10 | 1559720379 |
| Title | A History of Knowledge |
| Author | Charles Van Doren |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Citadel |
| Year published | 1991-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 422 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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