Upon the Shoulders of Giants

The Shaping of the Modern Mind

Inbunden, Engelska, 1987

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Focuses on the ideas and works of the prominent figures who have had a profound impact on the shaping of the culture of the developed Western World: Copernicus, Darwin, Wundt, Newton, Pascal, Calvin, Pasteur, Rousseau, Einstein, Ford, Farady, and Babbage. This edition also includes a new chapter on Gutenberg. Comments on the first edition:

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Utgivningsdatum1987-12-19
Mått151 x 238 x 33 mm
Vikt776 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor468
FörlagUniversity Press of America
ISBN9780819167378

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The author wanders through a great diversity of intellectual by-ways that were opened for us by some of the great thinkers of the past... -- Henry Bagish, Santa Barbara City College The research upon which the book is based meets the highest academic standards of excellence. This is a renaissance book written by a renaissance man. -- Michael Shermer, Glendale College. The research upon which the book is based meets the highest academic standards of excellence. This is a renaissance book written by a renaissance man. -- Michael Shermer, Glendale College. The author wanders through a great diversity of intellectual by-ways that were opened for us by some of the great thinkers of the past... -- Henry Bagish, Santa Barbara City College