Knowledge The Discoverers, Book 2, (Paperback)

from riskedom

For years this was one of those books in my collection that I would read a chapter that I was interested in then put down. Finally, I decided I was going to read everything that I hadn't read alrea...

from wickenden

Boorstin opens up history from a Discoverers point of view in a way that James Burke in his "connections" never seems to pull off. While the latter's "connections" are tenuous at best, Boorstine's ...

from bibliostuff

One of the best books I've ever read. Temendous overview mankind's discoveries. It's divided into broad categories: Time, Earth & Seas, Nature, and Society. I actually read this some 25 years ago a...

from NaggedMan

At 684 densely printed pages, plus a further sixty for the author's notes and index, this is neither a light nor an easy read - but very well worthwhile. It was not till I'd finished that I read on...

from Michelle.Sayer

I read this book several times in the 1990's. I was reminded of it because my nearly three year old granddaughter was sitting on my lap and I asked her if she would like me to read to her the artic...