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　　An original history of man's greatest adventure: his search to

discover the world around him.

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　　Perhaps the greatest book by one of our greatest historians,

The Discoverers is a volume of sweeping range and majestic

interpretation. To call it a history of science is an

understatement; this is the story of how humankind has come to know

the world, however incompletely ("the eternal mystery of the

world," Einstein once said, "is its comprehensibility"). Daniel J.

Boorstin first describes the liberating concept of time--"the first

grand discovery"--and continues through the age of exploration and

the advent of the natural and social sciences. The approach is

idiosyncratic, with Boorstin lingering over particular figures and

accomplishments rather than rushing on to the next set of names and

dates. It's also primarily Western, although Boorstin does ask (and

answer) several interesting questions: Why didn't the Chinese

"discover" Europe and America? Why didn't the Arabs circumnavigate

the planet? His thesis about discovery ultimately turns on what he

calls "illusions of knowledge." If we think we know something, then

we face an obstacle to innovation. The great discoverers, Boorstin

shows, dispel the illusions and reveal something new about the

world.

　　Although The Discoverers easily stands on its own, it is

technically the first entry in a trilogy that also includes The

Creators and The Seekers. An outstanding book--one of the best

works of history to be found anywhere. --John J. Miller