| Edition |
1st trade ed. |
| Description |
xii, 210 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The age of negative discovery -- The cultures of pride and awe -- An odd couple : discoverers and inventors -- The writer as conscience of the world -- Our conscience-wracked nation -- Printing and the Constitution -- Roles of the president's house -- The making of a capitol -- An un-American capital -- Tocqueville's America -- Custine's Russia -- Darwinian expectations -- Statistical expectations -- Artificial selection -- The great separation -- My father, lawyer Sam Boorstin -- Land of the unexpected. |
| Subject |
Civilization, Modern -- History.
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Science -- History.
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Science and civilization.
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| Added Author |
Boorstin, Ruth Frankel.
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| ISBN |
0679435050 : $23.00 ($32.00 Can.) |
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