A Terrible Beauty: The People and Ideas That Shaped the Modern Mind: A History by Peter Watson

A Terrible Beauty: The People and Ideas That Shaped the Modern Mind: A History

Peter Watson

847 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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This work presents a narrative of the 20th century, concentrating on the ideas that made the century so rich, rewarding and provocative. It covers topics from the creation of plastic to Norman Mailer, from the discovery of the Big Bang to the Coun...

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