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Angels and Ages : A short book about Darwin, Lincoln and modern life

Author: Adam Gopnik
SKU: 9781849161862

Kshs 690.00

‘Adam Gopnik has taken a coincidence and turned it into a theory of everything, or at least of everything important … Outstanding’ – Andrew MarrOn February 12th, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one-room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life’s work transform mankind’s understanding of itself.

In this bicentennial twin portrait, Adam Gopnik shows how these two giants, who never met, changed the way we think about the very nature of existence, and that their great achievements proceeded from the same source: argument from reason. The revolutions they effected shaped the world we live in, while the intellectual heritage and method that informed their parallel lives has profound implications for our present age. Filled with little-known stories and unfamiliar characters, Angels and Ages reveals these men in a new, shared light, and provides a fascinating insight into the origins of our modern vision and liberal values.

  • Classifications: Biography: historical, political & military,
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 224 pages

ISBN : 9781849161862

Published : 1 Apr 2010

Author : Adam Gopnik

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : Quercus Publishing

Size : 196 x 129 x 15 (mm)

Weight : 150g

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