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Ideas: A History
Peter Watson
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Description for Ideas: A History
Paperback. A highly ambitious and lucid history of ideas from the very earliest times to the present day. Num Pages: 1152 pages. BIC Classification: JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1370.
A highly ambitious and lucid history of ideas from the very earliest times to the present day. In this hugely ambitious and exciting book Peter Watson tells the history of ideas from prehistory to the present day, leading to a new way of telling the history of the world. The book begins over a million years ago with a discussion of how the earliest ideas might have originated. Looking at animal behaviour that appears to require some thought: tool-making, territoriality, counting, language (or at least sounds), pairbonding. Peter Watson moves on to ... Read more
A highly ambitious and lucid history of ideas from the very earliest times to the present day. In this hugely ambitious and exciting book Peter Watson tells the history of ideas from prehistory to the present day, leading to a new way of telling the history of the world. The book begins over a million years ago with a discussion of how the earliest ideas might have originated. Looking at animal behaviour that appears to require some thought: tool-making, territoriality, counting, language (or at least sounds), pairbonding. Peter Watson moves on to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Number of pages
1152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
1152
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780753820896
SKU
V9780753820896
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99-50
About Peter Watson
Peter Watson was born in 1943 and educated at the universities of Durham, London and Rome. He was deputy editor of NEW SOCIETY and spent four years as part of the 'Insight' team of THE SUNDAY TIMES. He was New York correspondent of THE TIMES and has written for THE OBSERVER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, PUNCH and THE SPECTATOR. ... Read more
Reviews for Ideas: A History
Here is an original perspective on the history of the world... All the important ideas are discussed, from the Ancient Greeks right up to the present day and the internet.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (27/8/06)
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH (27/8/06)