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Original Essays | May 3, 2013

Emily St. John Mandel: IMG The Festivals

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When it happens, it feels like winning the lottery. An email arrives out of the blue, from one of my publishers or a festival director or a member... Continue »
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Examines the human quest for knowledge and discoveries as it discusses such men as Galileo, Adam Smith, Columbus, Marx, Napoleon, Magellan, Faraday, Freud, Marco Polo, and St. Augustine
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Table of Contents

Contents: The heavenly empire. — From sun time to clock time. — The missionary clock. — The geography of the imagination. — Paths to the East. — Doubling the world. — The American surprise. — Sea paths to everywhere. — Seeing the invisible. — Inside ourselves. — Science goes public. — Cataloguing the whole creation. — Widening the communities of knowledge. — Opening the past. — Surveying the present.

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ISBN:
9780307773555
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Subject:
History : General
Author:
Boorstin, Daniel J.
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Boorstin, Daniel Joseph
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Publication Date:
19850212
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
745
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