A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future

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 Fadiman
Selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club and the History Book Club

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 03/17/1992
ISBN: 9780345373168
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.08lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.13w x 0.78d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/06/1992