The Discoverers
Reeks: Knowledge Series
Daniel J. Boorstin
- An
- original
- history
- of
- man's
- greatest
- adventure:
- his
- search
- to
- discover
- the
- world
- around
- him.
- In
- the
- compendious
- history,
- Boorstin
- not
- only
- traces
- man's
- insatiable
- need
- to
- know,
- but
- also
- the
- obstacles
- to
- discovery
- and
- the
- illusion
- that
- knowledge
- can
- also
- put
- in
- our
- way.
- Covering
- time,
- the
- earth
- and
- the
- seas,
- nature
- and
- society,
- he
- gathers
- and
- analyzes
- stories
- of
- the
- man's
- profound
- quest
- to
- understand
- his
- world
- and
- the cosmos.
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