Struggle to Understand: A History of Human Wonder and Discovery

By Herbert C. Corben

Recounts humans' attempts to understand the world around them from prehistoric mythology to the present, including false starts such as astrology and alchemy, and the work of Christian and Muslim... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879756837
• ISBN13: 9780879756833
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Interesting

I thought the book was extremely interesting with an excellent thesis. Corben has written something for those who enjoy and study comparative religion and science. Some parts of the book were difficult to read. As a follow-up to the highly academic work of Sir James G Fraser's The Golden Bough, I think this work deserves the same applause. Corben is the 20th century Fraser.

Comprehensive

Excellent book. A very comprehensive and jammed packed book that deserves two readings. I couldn't put it down.