The Discoverers
- ISBN-10
- 0394402294
- ISBN-13
- 9780394402291
- Series
- The Discoverers
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 745
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1983
- Publisher
- Random House Incorporated
- Authors
- Daniel Joseph Boorstin, Clare Boothe Luce
Description
Tells the ongoing story of the progressive discovery by man of the nature of the observable world and universe.
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- 1993-10
- 35 pages
- Paperback
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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