Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950

摘要: Charles Murray's account of human excellence, from the age Homer to our own time. Murray compiles inventories people who have been essential stories literature, music, art, philosophy, and sciences - a total 4,002 men women around world, ranked according their eminence. The heart Human Accomplishment is series descriptive chapters: on giants in arts what sets them apart merely great; differences between great achievement sciences; meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps capacity create art science; patterns trajectories accomplishment across time geography.