false 408204 7 <p> Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day&#8212from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul&#8212offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves. </p> 397513 2005 Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud total:63|5:22|4:28|3:12|2:0|1:1| 63 259 173 17 5 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 19:35:54 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 19:59:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 16:39:14 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 07:47:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Sep 06 13:01:31 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 13:02:18 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 16:08:56 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 16:10:42 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 08 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Thu Jan 01 10:55:41 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 10:58:01 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Aug 25 08:01:45 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:02:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Sep 25 00:01:01 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 00:17:31 -0700 2008
I enjoyed the style of Watson's writing. I was engaged from the start and had difficulty puting the book down. A key to the gripping accessibility, for me, was the way he presents inter...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 02 14:48:34 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 14:49:04 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 06:55:08 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 01 06:59:37 -0700 2008
In spite of its writing style, which is so academic that I have to underline or highlight to keep myself paying attention, this is a truly exciting book, as ambitious as the title implies.

I read it in bursts --between fiction and poetry reads--because it's too heavy to retain th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 23 19:16:24 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 22:13:17 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 22:13:17 -0700 2007 sebagaimana judulnya -IDEAS- buku ini emang ngumpulin berbagai macam cara berpikir dan buah pikiran manusia sepanjang sejarah.
misalnya, tentang gagasan mengenai 'angka' dan 'aksa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 20 03:36:32 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 10:45:32 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 03:36:32 -0700 2009 The volume of presented facts is truly impressive. So far, the author has left me clueless on insight where those ideas came from.
Perhaps this will get better when more recent history is covered.

I'm on page 180 now ( 692 to go ).
It does ind...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 02 12:46:26 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 12:53:54 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 15 22:31:33 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 15 22:31:33 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Mon Nov 05 06:22:26 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 07:12:07 -0800 2007 0 0 false false Mon Feb 11 04:44:54 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 04:46:31 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Oct 25 03:53:58 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 25 03:54:38 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Fri Jul 18 21:47:24 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 21:47:37 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 19:28:22 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 19:28:22 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 21:33:52 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 21:33:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 22 01:47:13 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 01:47:13 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=408204