by KennethMcLeish (Editor)
Ideas have spurred the way to human progress, from the earliest cave dweller to the latest frontiers of computers and technology. This is a human-scale distillation of the 2500 ideas which have had the greatest impact on our development through the ages. It includes a huge variety of terms including the intimidating, such as post-modernism, structuralism and chaos theory, the unusual, including alchemy, polyphony and parasychology, while familiar terms such as civilization and beauty are explained anew. Aimed at the non-specialist reader, this book is a companion to the vital ideas which have shaped our world.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 800
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07 Oct 1993
ISBN 10: 0747509913
ISBN 13: 9780747509912