Human accomplishment : the pursuit of excellence in the arts and sciences, 800 B.C. to 1950 / Charles Murray.
A survey of more than four thousand of history's most significant thinkers, achievers, and creators cites the contributions and influence of key figures in science, mathematics, philosophy, music, literature, and art.
Record details
- ISBN: 006019247X
- ISBN: 9780060192471
- Physical Description: xx, 668 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins Publishers, [2003]
- Copyright: ©2003
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Part 1 A Sense of Accomplishment 1 -- 1. A Sense of Time 3 -- 2. A Sense of Mystery 13 -- 3. A Sense of Place 25 -- 4. A Sense of Wonder 53 -- Part 2 Identifying the People and Events That Matter 57 -- 5. Excellence and Its Identification 59 -- 6. Lotka Curve 87 -- 7. People Who Matter I: Significant Figures 107 -- 8. People Who Matter II: The Giants 119 -- 9. Events That Matter I: Significant Events 155 -- 10. Events That Matter II: Meta-Inventions 209 -- Part 3 Patterns and Trajectories 245 -- 11. Coming to Terms with the Role of Modern Europe 247 -- 12. ... and of Dead White Males 265 -- 13. Concentrations of European and American Accomplishment 295 -- 14. Taking Population into Account: The Accomplishment Rate 309 -- 15. Explanations I: Peace and Prosperity 331 -- 16. Explanations II: Models, Elite Cities, and Freedom of Action 353 -- 17. What's Left to Explain? 379 -- Part 4 On the Origins and Decline of Accomplishment 383 -- 18. Aristotelian Principle 385 -- 19. Sources of Energy: Purpose and Autonomy 391 -- 20. Sources of Content: The Organizing Structure and Transcendental Goods 409 -- 21. Is Accomplishment Declining? 427 -- 22. Summation 449 -- 1. Statistics for People Who Are Sure They Can't Learn Statistics 461 -- 2. Construction of the Inventories and the Eminence Index 475 -- 3. Inventory Sources 491 -- 4. Geographic and Population Data 505 -- 5. Roster of the Significant Figures 513.
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