Author(s): Charles Van Doren
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages: 448
Binding: Paperback
A one-volume 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, it covers not only all the great theories and discoveries of the human race, but also explores the social conditions, political climates, and individuals of genius who brought ideas to fruition throughout history. Van Doren shows, in eloquent and unpretentious terms, how ideas move the world.