The discoverers
Any book that presents the story of man's centuries-long search to understand himself and the world around him in some 700 pages is a considerable achievement. When that story is told with scholarly acumen, extraordinary clarity, stylistic charm and an ability to maintain the reader's unfl...
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Veröffentlicht in: | America 1984, Vol.150 (9), p.175 |
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Sprache: | eng |
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Zusammenfassung: | Any book that presents the story of man's centuries-long search to understand himself and the world around him in some 700 pages is a considerable achievement. When that story is told with scholarly acumen, extraordinary clarity, stylistic charm and an ability to maintain the reader's unflagging interest throughout, it is an intellectual triumph. |
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ISSN: | 0002-7049 1943-3697 |