| Edition |
1st trade ed. |
| Description |
xii, 210 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Realms of discovery: Age of negative discovery -- Cultures of pride and awe -- An odd couple: discoverers and inventors -- 2. Trials of conscience: Writer as conscience of the world -- Our conscience-wracked nation -- 3. New-world opportunities: Printing and the Constitution -- Roles of the president's house -- Making of a capitol -- An un-American capital -- 4. Cautionary science: Tocqueville's America -- Custine's Russia -- 4. Fourth kingdom: Darwinian expectations -- Statistical expectations -- Artificial selection -- Great separation -- 6. A personal postscript: My father, lawyer Sam Boorstin -- Land of the unexpected. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- History.
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Civilization, Modern. |
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History. |
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Science -- History.
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Science. |
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Science and civilization.
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Science and civilization. |
| Added Author |
Boorstin, Ruth Frankel.
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Daniel J. Boorstin Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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| ISBN |
0679435050 : $23.00 ($32.00 Can.) |
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