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A terrible beauty : the people and ideas that shaped the modern mind : a history / Peter Watson

by Peter Watson

This intellectual history of the twentieth century examines the scientific, artistic, and philosophical ideas that shaped the era. It focuses on significant cultural movements and discoveries, such as the gene and the quantum, rather than political or military events.

Accession 18597 ISBN 1842124447 Publisher Phoenix
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