The Book of Firsts: 150 World-Changing People and Events from Caesar Augustus to the Internet

by Peter D'Epiro

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The 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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0307388433

ISBN13:9780307388438

Release Date:March 2010

Publisher:Anchor Books

Length:640 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.6" x 7.9"

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Education & Reference Historical Study & Educational Resources History Humanities Reference World

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