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A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future pb by Charles Van Doren

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ISBN
9780345373168
Book Title
History of Knowledge : Past, Present, and Future
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Item Length
9.2 in
Publication Year
1992
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.9 in
Author
Charles Van Doren
Genre
Philosophy, History
Topic
Civilization, Epistemology, Reference, World
Item Weight
18.2 Oz
Item Width
6.1 in
Number of Pages
448 Pages

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0345373162
ISBN-13
9780345373168
eBay Product ID (ePID)
121743

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Book Title
History of Knowledge : Past, Present, and Future
Number of Pages
448 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, Epistemology, Reference, World
Publication Year
1992
Genre
Philosophy, History
Author
Charles Van Doren
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
18.2 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in

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Trade
LCCN
91-092141
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
001
Synopsis
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

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  • by gukumatz2
    Jun 26, 2011

    Biased and without primary research

    The author of this book admits in the foreword that his sources are the general history books of the early-to-mid 20th century. He did not do research on his own and it shows, especially when he talks about early Latin American civilizations. At one point, he says that the civilizations died out because they were illiterate. What? Seriously, he did not even mention smallpox. Teachers, do not use this book for your classes. I recommend The Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin for a general history book about human knowledge and 1491 by Charles Mann for a history of the American continent before and right after colonization. Those books are less biased, more carefully researched, more entertaining, and generally better written.

  • by aida.e
    Oct 04, 2010

    Fits the title

    I needed this book for a combination course of math, history, and philosophy and it gives really indepth information in regards to both history and philosophy. It has a lot of interesting facts but is very texty and gives some opinionated views as well.

  • by Jw0IJe7rSri@Deleted
    Mar 01, 2009

    Great condition.

    I needed This text book for a college course. It was a really helpful text and was easy to understand. Great text book.

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