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The Discoverers
by Clare Boothe Luce ; Daniel Joseph Boorstin
ISBN: 0394402294
ISBN-13: 9780394402291
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
In THE DISCOVERERS, historian Boorstin explores the major scientific and technical inquiries and inventions of the West and how they contributed to mankind. THE DISCOVERERS is the first of a trilogy; it is followed by THE CREATORS and THE SEEKERS.
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Publisher: Random House Inc Published date: 1983 Edition: 1th edition Size: 6.5 x 10 inches Weight: 2.65 pounds Pages: 745
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A vivid, sweeping, and original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.
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Random House, 1983. no dj, light wear to black cloth with bright gold spine lettering, faint soil to page edges, Large 8vo size, number Line not present on page, Club assumed. 745 pages with index and bibliography. Perhaps the greatest by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world. Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller --This text refers to the Paperback edition. From In Boorstin's 1983 bestseller The Discoverers , the achievements of Galileo, Columbus, Darwin, Gutenberg and Freud emerged as upwellings of creativity and courage, ingenious acts of revolt against ingrained habit. This richly illustrated two-volume edition reveals the world as known to the discovers themselves. We see the tools of discovery--Egyptian obelisks, early clocks, Leeuwenhoek's microscope, Mercator's maps, botanical drawings from James Cook's voyages--and glimpse the social, cultural and political background, made concrete in 550 pictures including paintings, sculpture, engravings and architecture. A photograph of 15th-century cast bronze type from Korea underscores an Eastern invention that could have changed the course of printing, perhaps of science and culture. In a feast for the mind and eye, itself a delightful adventure in discovery, Boorstin, librarian of Congress emeritus, profiles--and places in context--scores of innovators who broke with dogma and tradition. 1991. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Keeper of the Page (United States)
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983 Hardcover. Sound, clean & very nice copy, light edgewear. Jacket has light to moderate rubbing/edgewear & chipping, taped.. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by The Book Women (United States)
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Random House, 1983. Hardcover. GOOD+. cloth. good+/No Jacket. Daniel J. Boorstin./Includes index./; Pages:xvi, 745; Daniel J. Boorstin./ Includes index. ( more information) Offered by Early Republic Books (United States)
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983. Covers have minimal shelf rubbing/edge wear. This copy may have markings by previous owner.. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Good/Fair to Good. Trade size. ( more information) Offered by Buy The Book Again (United States)
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983. Fine in Very Good jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. FINE IN DJ WITH LIGHT CREASING TO THE LOWER EDGES WEAR TO THE HEAD OF THE SPINE.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Stephen Chapman, Bookseller (United States)
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
Boorstin, Daniel J
NY: Random House, 1983. Hardbound. GOOD/Good. Tight bright, clean and square. DJ has serious edgewear, several small rips on edge have been taped. How and why discoveries occurred or didn't. Insight into the people who made them. ISBN: 0394402294. ( more information) Offered by Rainy Day Paperback Exchange (United States)
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Boorstin, Daniel J
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Daniel J. Boorstin
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983. /Dust Jacket Included. 1983. Hardcover. 0394402294 Library of Congress: 83-42766 This hardcover is a book club editon. Dustjacket has wear, maybe water damage. No water damage on book. 745 pages. Initials and blot out on inside cover. . ( more information) Offered by Spencer Agency (United States)
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983 Hardcover. Sound & nice copy, light edgewear. Jacket has moderate rubbing/edgewear & chipping, price clipped.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by The Book Women (United States)
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Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
Boorstin, Daniel J
00172: Random House, 1983 FULL SIZE BOOK CLUB HARDCOVER. Dust jacket edge wear, shelf wear, ink gift note on front endpaper. Binding tight, text clean & bright. "An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him." "In Boorstin's 1983 bestseller The Discoverers , the achievements of Galileo, Columbus, Darwin, Gutenberg and Freud emerged as upwellings of creativity and courage, ingenious acts of revolt against ingrained habit. This richly illustrated two-volume edition reveals the world as known to the discovers themselves. We see the tools of discovery--Egyptian obelisks, early clocks, Leeuwenhoek's microscope, Mercator's maps, botanical drawings from James Cook's voyages--and glimpse the social, cultural and political background, made concrete in 550 pictures including paintings, sculpture, engravings and architecture. A photograph of 15th-century cast bronze type from Korea underscores an Eastern invention that could have changed the course of printing, perhaps of science and culture. In a feast for the mind and eye, itself a delightful adventure in discovery, Boorstin, librarian of Congress emeritus, profiles--and places in context--scores of innovators who broke with dogma and tradition." -- Publishers Weekly CONTENTS: A Personal Note to the Reader; TIME: THE HEAVENLY EMPIRE: The Temptations of the Moon; The Week: Gateway to Science; God and the Astrologers; FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME: Measuring the Dark Hours; The Rise of the Equal Hour; Making Time Portable; THE MISSIONARY CLOCK: Open Sesame to China; Mother of Machines; Why It Happened in the West; THE EARTH AND THE SEAS: THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE IMAGINATION: The Awe of Mountains; Charting Heaven and Hell; The Appeal of Symmetry; The Prison of Christian Dogma; A Flat Earth Returns; PATHS TO THE EAST: Pilgrims and Crusaders; How the Mongols Opened the Way; Missionary Diplomats; The Discovery of Asia; The Land Curtain Comes Down; DOUBLING THE WORLD: Ptolemy Revived and Revised; Portuguese Sea Pioneers; Beyond the Threatening Cape; To India and Back; Why Not the Arabs?; The Chinese Reach Out; An Empire without Wants; THE AMERICAN SURPRISE: The Wandering Vikings; Dead End in Vinland; The Power of the Winds; "The Enterprise of the Indies"; Fair Winds, Soft Words, and Luck; Paradise Found and Lost; Naming the Unknown; SEA PATHS TO EVERYWHERE: A World of Oceans; The Reign of Secrecy; Knowledge Becomes Merchandise; The Ardors of Negative Discovery; NATURE: SEEING THE INVISIBLE: Into "the Mists of Paradox"; The Witness of the Naked Eye; A Vision Troubled and Surprised; Caught in the Cross Fire; New Worlds Within; Galileo in China; INSIDE OURSELVES: A Mad Prophet Points the Way; The Tyranny of Galen; From Animals to Man; Unseen Currents Within; From Qualities to Quantities; "The Microscope of Nature"; SCIENCE GOES PUBLIC: A Parliament of Scientists; From Experience to Experiment; "God Said, Let Newton Be!"; Priority Becomes the Prize; CATALOGUING THE WHOLE CREATION: Learning to Look; The Investion of Species; Specimen Hunting; Stretching the Past; In Search of the Missing Link; Paths to Evolution; SOCIETY: WIDENING THE COMMUNITIES OF KNOWLEDGE: The Lost Arts of Memory; Empire of the Learned; The Duplicating Impulse; "The Art of Artificial Writing"; Communities of the Vernacular; Transforming the Book; Books Go Public; The Island of Islam; Toward a World Literature; OPENING THE PAST: The Birth of History; Christianity Gives Direction; Revising the Record; Explorers among the Ruins; "To Wake the Dead"; Latitudes of Time; The Discovery of Prehistory; Hidden Dimensions: History as Therapy; SURVEYING THE PRESENT: "All Mankind Is One"; The Shock of the Primitive; A Science of Culture; An Expanding Universe of Wealth; Learning from Numbers; The Infinite and the Infinitesimal; Some Reference Notes; Acknowledgements; Index.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 2. y. ( more information) Offered by Yesterday's Muse (United States)
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Daniel J. Boorstin
Random House, 1983-10-12. Hardcover. Very Good. This is a very nice hardcover copy.No names, no marks, no stickers.No known flaws.DJ is VG.Binding is tight and square.Text is clean and bright.We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery!Careful packaging and fast shipping. ( more information) Offered by Icapsa Used Books (United States)
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New York: Random House, 1983 hardcover no jacket; very slight edgewear only; history general. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Good. ( more information) Offered by King's Books (United States)
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NY: Random House, 1983. "...in the deep recesses of the past, [countless Columbuses] remain anonymous. As we come closer to the present they emerge into the light of history, a cast of characters as varied as human nature." Cover and endpapers discolored, spine faded, otherwise unmarked. 745 pp.. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 6.5 X 9.5. ( more information) Offered by Cadron Books (United States)
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The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
Boorstin, Daniel J
New York, New York: Random House, 1983. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good+/Good+. Small tear with creasing across front upper jacket edge. Light edge and shelf wear to dustjacket. Bumping to front upper corner. Crease down front flap and first few pages. ISBN: 0394402294. ( more information) Offered by Adventures Underground (United States)
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Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1983, 1983 Hardcover. Very Good/G+. ISBN:0394402294.. Hardcover. ( more information) Offered by Pensees Bookshop (United States)
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Random House. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1983. B038384; 745 pp hardcover; good contents, covers & dustjacket . ( more information) Offered by Hammonds Books & Music (United States)
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Random House, 1983. Hardcover. Like New. 1983 hardcover 1st printing, book, boards & DJ are fine/fine/near fine, slight shelfwear to DJ, NOT an xlib copy. ( more information) Offered by University of Dallas (United States)
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983 Tight Copy with clean interior. DJ has some rubbing and tearing at the edges.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. ( more information) Offered by High View Books (United States)
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Boorstin, Daniel J
New York, NY: Random House, 1983. Book Club Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Black illustrated jacket with mild edge wear, short tear head of spine, NO creases. Black boards with faint wear. Text clean, binding solid and square. 745 pages, with index. Sewn binding, cloth spine and paper over boards, 24 cm. ( more information) Offered by Coastal Collections (United States)
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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc., 1983 Dust jacket has some tears and shows signs of shelf wear; FFEP is inscribed. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. ( more information) Offered by Balthazar Books (Canada)
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Boorstin, Daniel Joseph; Luce, Clare Boothe; Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983 D/j is rubbed with tears and soiling on edges, some smudges on edges of text block.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ( more information) Offered by A Good Read (United States)
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No Illustrator, Boorstin
New York: Random House, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET TAPED AND 4. BLACK HALF-CLOTH COVER, SPINE WITH LIGHT FADING AND ENDS LIGHTLY BUMPED. INTERIOR PAGES CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT. ( more information) Offered by Mybooklocator (United States)
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BOORSTIN, DANIEL J
Random House, 1983. Hardcover. Good + in Good Dust Jacket. ( more information) Offered by Pioneer Book (United States)
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Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1983, 1983 Hardcover. Very Good/None. ISBN:0394402294.. Hardcover. ( more information) Offered by Pensees Bookshop (United States)
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Boorstin, Daniel Joseph; Luce, Clare Boothe; Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983. 745 Pages. Find answers to: Why didn't the Chinese discover America? Why were people so slow to learn the earthy goes around the sun? How & why did we begin to think of "species" of plants & animals? People begin digging in the earth to learn about the past, How did the study of econ. begin?. A Hard Cover. A Good Used Book/D.J. Minor Edgewear. Apx 6 1/2" X 9 1/2" -. A Clean & Tight Copy. ( more information) Offered by A New Life Books (United States)
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Boorstin, Daniel J
Very Good. 1983. Hardcover. 0394402294 . Clean & tight. Contains: "Book One: Time, Book Two: The Earth And The Seas" and more.; 031927 . ( more information) Offered by Epiphanies Used & Rare Books (United States)
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The Discoverers, A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
Boorstin, Daniel J
New York: Random House, 1983. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Good+/Good+. Spot stains and light soiling to page edges. Book has a bow to spine with rubbing at cover edges, some light scuffs at corners. Dustjacket has a quarter-inch chip at edge with some half-inch and smaller tears along edges. ISBN: 0-394-40229-4. ( more information) Offered by Adventures Underground (United States)
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Boorstin, Daniel Joseph; Luce, Clare Boothe; Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)
New York: Random House Inc, 1983. 745 pp., notes, index. Black boards have few faint blotches, otherwise light wear. DJ: rubbing, front flap creased.. Hb. VG/VG. ( more information) Offered by Priceless Books (United States)
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Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
Boorstin, Daniel J
Random House, 1983 2nd printing. $25.00 list price on dust jacket flap. Average shelf wear. Binding tight, text clean & bright. "An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him." "In Boorstin's 1983 bestseller The Discoverers , the achievements of Galileo, Columbus, Darwin, Gutenberg and Freud emerged as upwellings of creativity and courage, ingenious acts of revolt against ingrained habit. This richly illustrated two-volume edition reveals the world as known to the discovers themselves. We see the tools of discovery--Egyptian obelisks, early clocks, Leeuwenhoek's microscope, Mercator's maps, botanical drawings from James Cook's voyages--and glimpse the social, cultural and political background, made concrete in 550 pictures including paintings, sculpture, engravings and architecture. A photograph of 15th-century cast bronze type from Korea underscores an Eastern invention that could have changed the course of printing, perhaps of science and culture. In a feast for the mind and eye, itself a delightful adventure in discovery, Boorstin, librarian of Congress emeritus, profiles--and places in context--scores of innovators who broke with dogma and tradition." -- Publishers Weekly CONTENTS: A Personal Note to the Reader; TIME: THE HEAVENLY EMPIRE: The Temptations of the Moon; The Week: Gateway to Science; God and the Astrologers; FROM SUN TIME TO CLOCK TIME: Measuring the Dark Hours; The Rise of the Equal Hour; Making Time Portable; THE MISSIONARY CLOCK: Open Sesame to China; Mother of Machines; Why It Happened in the West; THE EARTH AND THE SEAS: THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE IMAGINATION: The Awe of Mountains; Charting Heaven and Hell; The Appeal of Symmetry; The Prison of Christian Dogma; A Flat Earth Returns; PATHS TO THE EAST: Pilgrims and Crusaders; How the Mongols Opened the Way; Missionary Diplomats; The Discovery of Asia; The Land Curtain Comes Down; DOUBLING THE WORLD: Ptolemy Revived and Revised; Portuguese Sea Pioneers; Beyond the Threatening Cape; To India and Back; Why Not the Arabs?; The Chinese Reach Out; An Empire without Wants; THE AMERICAN SURPRISE: The Wandering Vikings; Dead End in Vinland; The Power of the Winds; "The Enterprise of the Indies"; Fair Winds, Soft Words, and Luck; Paradise Found and Lost; Naming the Unknown; SEA PATHS TO EVERYWHERE: A World of Oceans; The Reign of Secrecy; Knowledge Becomes Merchandise; The Ardors of Negative Discovery; NATURE: SEEING THE INVISIBLE: Into "the Mists of Paradox"; The Witness of the Naked Eye; A Vision Troubled and Surprised; Caught in the Cross Fire; New Worlds Within; Galileo in China; INSIDE OURSELVES: A Mad Prophet Points the Way; The Tyranny of Galen; From Animals to Man; Unseen Currents Within; From Qualities to Quantities; "The Microscope of Nature"; SCIENCE GOES PUBLIC: A Parliament of Scientists; From Experience to Experiment; "God Said, Let Newton Be!"; Priority Becomes the Prize; CATALOGUING THE WHOLE CREATION: Learning to Look; The Investion of Species; Specimen Hunting; Stretching the Past; In Search of the Missing Link; Paths to Evolution; SOCIETY: WIDENING THE COMMUNITIES OF KNOWLEDGE: The Lost Arts of Memory; Empire of the Learned; The Duplicating Impulse; "The Art of Artificial Writing"; Communities of the Vernacular; Transforming the Book; Books Go Public; The Island of Islam; Toward a World Literature; OPENING THE PAST: The Birth of History; Christianity Gives Direction; Revising the Record; Explorers among the Ruins; "To Wake the Dead"; Latitudes of Time; The Discovery of Prehistory; Hidden Dimensions: History as Therapy; SURVEYING THE PRESENT: "All Mankind Is One"; The Shock of the Primitive; A Science of Culture; An Expanding Universe of Wealth; Learning from Numbers; The Infinite and the Infinitesimal; Some Reference Notes; Acknowledgements; Index.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 2. y. ( more information) Offered by Yesterday's Muse (United States)
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The Discoverers
Boorstin, Daniel J
Random House. Hardcover. 0394402294 Like NEW, Guaranteed! Very little shelf wear.Hardcover with dust jacket,May have Price sticker on dust cover. . Fine. ( more information) Offered by Magikal Journeys Books, Inc. (United States)
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The Discoverers
Boorstin, Daniel Joseph; Luce, Clare Boothe; Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library Of Congress)
NY: Random House Inc, 1983. NEAR FINE in Very Good jacket HARDCOVER. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. DUST JACKET HAS EDGE WEAR, CREASES.. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). BOARDS. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Stephen Chapman, Bookseller (United States)
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THE DISCOVERERS - A HISTORY OF MAN'S SEARCH TO KNOW HIS WORLD AND HIMSELF
Boorstin, Daniel J
New York: Random House, 1983. Hardcover in black boards & black cloth spine, in black jacket w color pictorial inset. Book Club Edition (BCE). Fine unmarked, in Good jacket. Sweeping and original popular history by Pulitzer Prize author. Nice clean tight crisp hardback copy with jacket. 6-1/2 x 9-1/2, 745 pp, index, notes. ( more information) Offered by edburynbooks (United States)
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The Discoverers
Boorstin, Daniel J
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983. From Amazon: - Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians, The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic interpretation. To call it a history of science is an understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J. Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese "discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the world.. ISBN: 0394402294. DJ creases/chips/stains edge/tight. Hard Cover. Acceptable/Fair. EXPLORERS BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY HISTORICAL. ( more information) Offered by Used Book Attic (United States)
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Boorstin, Daniel Joseph; Luce, Clare Boothe; Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress)
Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1983 very minor wear on D/J corners. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Samm44's Used & New Books (United States)
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Luce, Clare Boothe; Boorstin, Daniel Joseph; Danie
New York: Random House Inc. 1983. Hard Cover. Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Once Upon a Time Books (United States)
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The Discoverers
Boorstin, Daniel J
Random House, 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. No dj. Clean and tight. ( more information) Offered by Pioneer Book (United States)
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The Discoverers
Daniel J. Boorstin
Random House, 1983-10-12. Hardcover. Good. No names, no marks, no stickers.Binding is a bit slanted.Text is clean and bright.Careful packaging and fast shipping.We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! ( more information) Offered by Icapsa Used Books (United States)
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Discoverers
Boorstin Daniel
Random House. 1983. Hardbound. VG+/VG+ in mylar., blk/blu pictor. ( more information) Offered by Aaron's Booksearch (United States)
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The Discoverers
Boorstin, Daniel J
Random House, 1983. Cloth. Good. Good. No Jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Fascinating book about discoveries through the ages, the changing way ot telling time, the explorers and explorations throughout time, and the widening of knowledge about history and our origins. 745 pp, indexed, and with reference notes. Some scuffing to cover. ( more information) Offered by Helenenthal Books & Galleria (United States)
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The Discoverers
Daniel J. Boorstin
Random House, 1983-10-12. Hardcover. great shape/some shelfwear. ( more information) Offered by Bookstore at the End of the Universe (United States)
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