Ideas A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud |
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Author:
| Watson, Peter |
ISBN: | 978-0-06-180030-6 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $23.99 |
Book Description:
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Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day#8212from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul#8212offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves.
Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day#8212from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul#8212offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves.