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The discoverers / Daniel J. Boorstin.
LIBRA CB69 .B66 1983
Available from offsite location
LIBRA CB69 .B66 1983
Available from offsite location
LIBRA CB69 .B66 1983
Available from offsite location
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection CB69 .B66 1983
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boorstin, Daniel J. (Daniel Joseph), 1914-2004.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- History.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Science--History.
- Science.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 745 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Random House, [1983]
- Summary:
- 'The Discoverers' is a vivid, sweeping, and original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him--the relationship of the heavens to his own planet, the elusive and mysterious dimension of time, the vast and colorful range of plants and animals, the intricate workings of his own body, the surprising variety of human societies past and present--by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Americans, now the Librarian of Congress.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [717]-718.
- ISBN:
- 0394402294 :
- OCLC:
- 9645583
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