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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/714380.The_Discoverers?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="The Discoverers" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177562656m/714380.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/714380.The_Discoverers?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">The Discoverers</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/10378.Daniel_J_Boorstin">Daniel J. Boorstin</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12067814?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>This is one of my favorite books. It a meta-history book, a look at not just periods, names and dates, but how ideas, innovations, and discoveries built on a pyramid of shared discoveries down through the ages. "How was time discovered? What were the myriad means and methods of calculating time? Why was the measurement of time necessary for the development of maps?" It is a delightful, chronological romp through the archives of discovered knowledge. <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/756062?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>