by Daniel Joseph Boorstin · Robert Laffont · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782221055878
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«Les Découvreurs» is the historical essay by Daniel Joseph Boorstin, published by Robert Laffont in paperback (780 pages, in French).
Boorstin presents the history of humanity as a succession of discoveries, not battles or reigns, from Herodotus and Ptolemy to Copernicus, Columbus, Einstein, Newton, Marx or Freud. It includes forgotten figures and asks why the Chinese did not discover America or why it took so long to accept that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
First volume of Daniel Joseph Boorstin's Knowledge trilogy; French translation by Jérôme Bodin, Jacques Bacalu and Béatrice Vierne, published in the Bouquins collection.
For readers interested in the history of science and historical popularisation, with an engaging and accessible approach.
