- Hardcover: 745 pages
- Publisher: Random House USA Inc; 1 edition (26 Sep 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0394402294
- ISBN-13: 978-0394402291
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 6.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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- #88 in Books > Science & Nature > Earth Sciences & Geography > Education > Kids
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This Pulitzer Prize-winning saga of human discovery is the story of countless Columbuses who, in the deep recesses of the past, remain anonymous but in more recent times emerge into the light of history.
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An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As Reviewed by Luciano Lupini: A truly wonderful book. One that should be used as a textbook in History in high school. Easily readable, it takes the reader on a voyage of far reaching proportions. What is it that makes this book so pleasurable and instructive? A fresh approach to the evolution of knowledge and science as experienced historically by the pioneers. The exploration in retrospective of the discovery of the concept of time and the clock, the compass, the telescope, the microscope and the evolutionary description of the knowledge that mankind acquired through these instruments and the bold steps of the pioneers that wondered around the seas, the cosmos, the mind, etc.. Why is it that modern culture, the different cultures and science are the way they are ? You will find a lot of answers about how this came to happen in the book by the former Librarian of Congress and senior historian of the Smithsonian Institution.
After I read this book, the promise made in the Washington Post Book World's review to it, I found fulfilled: "few indeed will be the readers who do not themselves become discoverers....." This book is one of the most outstanding discoveries that I made in my quest for knowledge. You must not overlook it.
After I read this book, the promise made in the Washington Post Book World's review to it, I found fulfilled: "few indeed will be the readers who do not themselves become discoverers....." This book is one of the most outstanding discoveries that I made in my quest for knowledge. You must not overlook it.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Discoverers, by Daniel J. Boorstein, is an absolutely amazing book describing the difficult process of discovering the truths we currently take for granted. How did humans discover what time is, and how did they decide to measure it? What's on the other side of Asia? What, microbes? Things smaller than you can see with your eye? Someone had to break the ground to discover what everyone knows today, and "The Discoverers" explains how, despite the odds, it was done. Boorstein also enlightens his readers on the historic accomplishments of non-European countries. Everyone knows Columbus sailed the Atlantic in 1492, but not everyone knows the Chinese were sailing ships 4 times the size of the Nina in the 14th century. This ships sailed from ports in Eastern China, around Africa and into the Mediterranean to conduct trade with the Arabs! The Discoverers not only tells the tales of how we started learning about our world, it will be a portal of discovery for Boorstein's readers, too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One other reviewer spoke of the intense power of Boorstin's pen to carry us through history on an excellent adventure. The Discoverers is--I think one of the best books ever written. Boorstin taps a phenomonal generalist perspective created by his bookish life, and wows the the reader over and over again. His imprint not so much on knowledge, but on understanding, will be discovered again and again and again for generations to come.
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Ideal deckchair fodder
Koestler did it first with The Sleepwalkers - and my informants tell me that a young whippersnapper called Bryson has done it since - but this is a rattling good read and a... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Simon G. Barrett
It made me want to read the rest of his trilogy
The Discovers is the first book of Daniel Borstein's Knowledge Trilogy. In this book, Borstein traces the history of man's desire to learn and to understand the world around him. Read more
Published 23 months ago by austinmiller
Brilliant, a "must read".
Daniel J Boorstin explains, in what kind of society, with what mentality and what needs, did these "inventors" invent... Read more
Published on 12 July 2005 by "zblouf"
Should be required reading for High School and College
I can only echo what some of the others have said. Although some 16 years old it is as timeless as history itself. Beautiful mix of discovery, invention, and religion.
Published on 29 Mar 1999
All-time favorite book
I've read a lot of books in my 46 years, and this may well be my all-time favorite. I could not put it down. Fascinating, delightful. Beautifully writtten.
Published on 18 Mar 1999
Excellent book that takes you to before discoveries occur.
This book is still one of my favorites. I've bought and given away this book numerous times and need another copy. Read more
Published on 26 Jun 1998
Discovery of history in Daniel Boorstin's The Discoverers
My only regret concerning this book is that it wasn't required reading in high school. It is the only history book that I have ever read that has helped History come alive with a... Read more
Published on 13 Nov 1997
So comprehensive it's sickening
An unbelievable portrait of the history of man. From ancient Babylonians and the early Roman Empire to present day, Boorstin shows us how men and women through the Ages have... Read more
Published on 9 Oct 1997
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