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  • The Discoverers

  • A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself
  • By: Daniel J. Boorstin
  • Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove
  • Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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By: Daniel J. Boorstin
Narrated by: Christopher Cazenove
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The Discoverers is a vivid, sweeping and original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him - the relationship of the heavens to his own planet, the elusive and mysterious dimension of time, the vast and colorful range of plants and animals, the intricate workings of his own body, the surprising variety of human societies past and present. Boorstin's flair for the vivid anecdote, for fresh points of view, and for the dramatic relationship of ideas has made him the most readable of our eminent historians.

The story of our world is not the usual succession of battles and empires and political leaders, but a tale of discoveries and beginnings. The long human quest for what man does not yet know becomes a mystery story played by a vast cast on an ever-changing stage. The heroes of this saga are men with an insatiable hunger for knowledge and the courage to venture into the unknown.

Why didn't the Chinese discover America? Why were people so slow to learn the earth goes around the sun? How and why did we begin to think of "species" of plants and animals? How, when, and why did people begin digging in the earth to learn about the past? How did the study of economics begin? These are but a few of the fascinating questions answered by Dr. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress Emeritus.
©1983 Daniel J. Boorstin (P)1994 The Publishing Mills
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"A remarkable narrative of the grand intellectual venture of humankind, rich in fascinating, often dramatic details." ( The Wall Street Journal)
"A sumptuous, totally engaging panorama. No one...will look at the chronicle of human ingenuity in the same way again." (David McCullough, author of John Adams)

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This is a highly abridged version

The entire book is wonderful. This is only a small part of it and we should be informed of that fact.

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