Past to Present: Ideas That Changed Our World
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Past to Present: Ideas That Changed Our World
<P> <B> </B> Comprehensive and accessible, <I>Past to Present</I> encapsulates for readers essential readings from the fields of humanities, social science, and science in a single book€"putting a €œhuman face€ on the great ideas that have changed our world.<B> </B> The book is divided into seven thematic parts that trace the history of important ideas from their roots to their current incarnations. Each of the 73 readings includes discussions that focus on the history of the idea, the writer's rhetorical strategies, and the context in which the piece was written. <B> </B> For anyone who is interested in exploring the evolutions of the great ideas of our world. </P>
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