1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think (1001 Series)

The mind is, without doubt, humanity's most powerful asset. Our view of the world today has come about through the questions, theories, speculations, and hypotheses raised by many brilliant individuals over millennia. Drawing on a wide spectrum of topics - including politics, cosmology, the arts, philosophy, and religious belief - 1001 Ideas That Changed the Way We Think traces the exponential growth of human knowledge. This wonderfully diverse book with more than 700 illustrations ad photographs celebrates history's most groundbreaking ideas and is a resounding testament to the power of original thought.