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Book of Firsts : 150 World-Changing People and Events from Caesar Augustus to the Internet by Peter D'Epiro (2010, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100307388433
ISBN-139780307388438
eBay Product ID (ePID)73799396
Product Key Features
Book TitleBook of Firsts : 150 World-Changing People and events from Caesar Augustus to the Internet
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicHistoriography, Reference, General, Europe / General
Publication Year2010
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorPeter D'epiro
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2009-027573
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal909
SynopsisThe Book of Firsts is an entertaining, enlightening, and highly browsable tour of the major innovations of the past twenty centuries and how they shaped our world. Peter D'Epiro makes this handy overview of human history both fun and thought-provoking with his survey of the major "firsts"--inventions, discoveries, political and military upheavals, artistic and scientific breakthroughs, religious controversies, and catastrophic events--of the last two thousand years. Who was the first to use gunpowder? Invent paper? Sack the city of Rome? Write a sonnet? What was the first university? The first astronomical telescope? The first great novel? The first Impressionist painting? The Book of Firsts explores these questions and many more, from the earliest surviving cookbook (featuring parboiled flamingo) and the origin of chess (sixth-century India) to the first civil service exam (China in 606 AD) and the first tell-all memoir about scandalous royals (Byzantine Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora). In the form of 150 brief, witty, erudite, and information-packed essays, The Book of Firsts is ideal for anyone interested in an enjoyable way to acquire a deeper understanding of history and the fascinating personalities who forged it.
LC Classification NumberD10.D47 2010
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