the Book Of Firsts is An Entertaining, Enlightening, And Highly Browsable Tour Of The Major Innovations Of The Past Twenty Centuries And How They Shaped Our World.
peter D’epiro Makes This Handy Overview Of Human History Both Fun And Thought-provoking With His Survey Of The Major “firsts”—inventions, Discoveries, Political And Military Upheavals, Artistic And Scientific Breakthroughs, Religious Controversies, And Catastrophic Events—of The Last Two Thousand Years. Who Was The First To Use Gunpowder? Invent Paper? Sack The City Of Rome? Write A Sonnet? What Was The First University? The First Astronomical Telescope? The First Great Novel? The First Impressionist Painting? the Book Of Firsts explores These Questions And Many More, From The Earliest Surviving Cookbook (featuring Parboiled Flamingo) And The Origin Of Chess (sixth-century India) To The First Civil Service Exam (china In 606 Ad) And The First Tell-all Memoir About Scandalous Royals (byzantine Emperor Justinian And Empress Theodora). In The Form Of 150 Brief, Witty, Erudite, And Information-packed Essays, the Book Of Firsts Is Ideal For Anyone Interested In An Enjoyable Way To Acquire A Deeper Understanding Of History And The Fascinating Personalities Who Forged It.

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The Book of Firsts: 150 World-Changing People and Events from Augustus Caesar to the Internet

D'Epiro, Peter

Golden Books Publishing Company, Incorporated

Random House, Incorporated

Vintage Books

New York

United States, United States of America

Anchor Books, 2010

PS, 2010

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references.

The Book of Firsts is an entertaining, enlightening, and highly browsable tour of the major innovations of the past twenty centuries and how they shaped our world.Peter D'Epiro makes this handy overview of human history both fun and thought-provoking with his survey of the major "firsts"--inventions, discoveries, political and military upheavals, artistic and scientific breakthroughs, religious controversies, and catastrophic events--of the last two thousand years. Who was the first to use gunpowder? Invent paper? Sack the city of Rome? Write a sonnet? What was the first university? The first astronomical telescope? The first great novel? The first Impressionist painting? The Book of Firsts explores these questions and many more, from the earliest surviving cookbook (featuring parboiled flamingo) and the origin of chess (sixth-century India) to the first civil service exam (China in 606 AD) and the first tell-all memoir about scandalous royals (Byzantine Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora). In the form of 150 brief, witty, erudite, and information-packed essays, The Book of Firsts is ideal for anyone interested in an enjoyable way to acquire a deeper understanding of history and the fascinating personalities who forged it. From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Book of Firsts is an entertaining, enlightening, and highly browsable tour of the major innovations of the past twenty centuries and how they shaped our world.
Peter DEpiro makes this handy overview of human history both fun and thought-provoking with his survey of the major firstsinventions, discoveries, political and military upheavals, artistic and scientific breakthroughs, religious controversies, and catastrophic eventsof the last two thousand years. Who was the first to use gunpowder? Invent paper? Sack the city of Rome? Write a sonnet? What was the first university? The first astronomical telescope? The first great novel? The first Impressionist painting? The Book of Firsts explores these questions and many more, from the earliest surviving cookbook (featuring parboiled flamingo) and the origin of chess (sixth-century India) to the first civil service exam (China in 606 AD) and the first tell-all memoir about scandalous royals (Byzantine Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora). In the form of 150 brief, witty, erudite, and information-packed essays, The Book of Firsts is ideal for anyone interested in an enjoyable way to acquire a deeper understanding of history and the fascinating personalities who forged it.

Explores 150 major innovations from the past two thousand years and how they shaped world history, including the first use of gunpowder, the first great novel, and the first university

2012-12-27