Angels and Ages - A short book about Darwin, Lincoln and modern life (Paperback)

'Adam Gopnik has taken a coincidence and turned it into a theory of everything, or at least of everything important ... Outstanding' - Andrew Marr On 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.

General

Imprint:	Riverrun Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2010
Authors:	Adam Gopnik
Dimensions:	196 x 128 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-1-84916-186-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > History of ideas, intellectual history Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	1-84916-186-0
Barcode:	9781849161862

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