{"product_id":"the-discoverers-isbn-9780394726250","title":"The Discoverers","description":"An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.  In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way. Covering time, the earth and the seas, nature and society, he gathers and analyzes stories of the man's profound quest to understand his world and the cosmos.\u003cb\u003eBook One: Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Heavenly Empire\u003cbr\u003eFrom Sun Time to Clock Time\u003cbr\u003eThe Missionary Clock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Two: The Earth and the Seas\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe Geography of the Imagination\u003cbr\u003ePaths to the East\u003cbr\u003eDoubling the World\u003cbr\u003eThe American Surprise\u003cbr\u003eSea Paths to Everywhere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Three: Nature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSeeing the Invisible\u003cbr\u003eInside Ourselves\u003cbr\u003eScience Goes Public\u003cbr\u003eCataloguing the Whole Creation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Four: Society\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWidening the Communities of Knowledge\u003cbr\u003eOpening the Past\u003cbr\u003eSurveying the Present\"Compelling readable. . . . A remarkable narrative of the grand intellectual venture of humankind, rich in fascinating, often dramatic details.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sumptuous, totally engaging panorama. No one who reads it will look at the chronicle of human ingenuity in the same way again.\" —David McCullough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Written with great verve . . . [Boorstin's] learning, wit, and lucidity should ensure that he will bring pleasure to a large group of reader.\"  —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"History with a human touch.\"  —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A grand and exhilirating voyage, a bold attempt to circumnavigate the intellectual globe.\"  —\u003ci\u003eThe Philadlephia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel J. Boorstin\u003c\/b\u003e was the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, a trilogy (\u003ci\u003eThe Colonial Experience; The National Experience\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Democratic Experience)\u003c\/i\u003e that won the Francis Parkman Prize, the Bancroft Prize, and the Pulitzer Prize. In 1989, he received the National Book Award for lifetime contribution to literature. He was the director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, and for twelve years served as the Librarian of Congress. He died in 2004.A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself Author of The Creators","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305293074661,"sku":"NP9780394726250","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780394726250.jpg?v=1767739030","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-discoverers-isbn-9780394726250","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}