description: 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 FadimanSelected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club
language: English
title: A History of Knowledge: Past, Present and Future
titlecomplete: A History of Knowledge: Past, Present and Future
genres: Historical, Humanities, History, Science, Reference, Education, Philosophy, History Of Science, World History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1592
publisher: Ballantine Books