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    Release Year
    2003
    ISBN
    9780060192471

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    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    HarperCollins
    ISBN-10
    006019247X
    ISBN-13
    9780060192471
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    6038782296

    Product Key Features

    Book Title
    Human Accomplishment : the Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B. C. to 1950
    Number of Pages
    688 Pages
    Language
    English
    Publication Year
    2003
    Topic
    Civilization, General, Social Psychology, World
    Illustrator
    Yes
    Genre
    Social Science, Psychology, History
    Author
    Charles Murray
    Format
    Hardcover

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1.5 in
    Item Weight
    38.6 Oz
    Item Length
    9.1 in
    Item Width
    6.1 in

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    LCCN
    2003-047820
    Dewey Edition
    22
    Reviews
    Murray's overview…is engaging, user-friendly....[readers] are sure to enjoy his arguments and elegant presentation., "Murray's overview...is engaging, user-friendly....[readers] are sure to enjoy his arguments and elegant presentation." -- Kirkus Reviews
    Dewey Decimal
    908.79
    Synopsis
    A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence . "At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.' So begins Charles Murray's unique account of human excellence, from the age of Homer to our own time. Employing techniques that historians have developed over the last century but that have rarely been applied to books written for the general public, Murray compiles inventories of the people who have been essential to the stories of literature, music, art, philosophy, and the sciences--a total of 4,002 men and women from around the world, ranked according to their eminence. The heart of Human Accomplishment is a series of enthralling descriptive chapters: on the giants in the arts and what sets them apart from the merely great; on the differences between great achievement in the arts and in the sciences; on the meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps in human capacity to create great art and science; and on the patterns and trajectories of accomplishment across time and geography. Straightforwardly and undogmatically, Charles Murray takes on some controversial questions. Why has accomplishment been so concentrated in Europe? Among men? Since 1400? He presents evidence that the rate of great accomplishment has been declining in the last century, asks what it means, and offers a rich framework for thinking about the conditions under which the human spirit has expressed itself most gloriously. Eye-opening and humbling, Human Accomplishment is a fascinating work that describes what humans at their best can achieve, provides tools for exploring its wellsprings, and celebrates the continuing common quest of humans everywhere to discover truths, create beauty, and apprehend the good., A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence. "At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.' So begins Charles Murray's unique account of human excellence, from the age of Homer to our own time. Employing techniques that historians have developed over the last century but that have rarely been applied to books written for the general public, Murray compiles inventories of the people who have been essential to the stories of literature, music, art, philosophy, and the sciences--a total of 4,002 men and women from around the world, ranked according to their eminence. The heart of Human Accomplishment is a series of enthralling descriptive chapters: on the giants in the arts and what sets them apart from the merely great; on the differences between great achievement in the arts and in the sciences; on the meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps in human capacity to create great art and science; and on the patterns and trajectories of accomplishment across time and geography. Straightforwardly and undogmatically, Charles Murray takes on some controversial questions. Why has accomplishment been so concentrated in Europe? Among men? Since 1400? He presents evidence that the rate of great accomplishment has been declining in the last century, asks what it means, and offers a rich framework for thinking about the conditions under which the human spirit has expressed itself most gloriously. Eye-opening and humbling, Human Accomplishment is a fascinating work that describes what humans at their best can achieve, provides tools for exploring its wellsprings, and celebrates the continuing common quest of humans everywhere to discover truths, create beauty, and apprehend the good.
    LC Classification Number
    BF416.A1M87 2003

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