
An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him. In the compendious history, Boorstin not only traces man's insatiable need to know, but also the obstacles to discovery and the illusion that knowledge can also put in our way. Covering...

An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to discover the world around him.


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Originally published: New York: Random House, 1983; London: Dent, 1984.
