Angels and Ages

Angels and Ages
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 258
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ISBN-10 : 9780307455307
ISBN-13 : 0307455300
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Download or read book Angels and Ages written by Adam Gopnik and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-02-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this captivating double life, Adam Gopnik searches for the men behind the icons of emancipation and evolution. Born by cosmic coincidence on the same day in 1809 and separated by an ocean, Lincoln and Darwin coauthored our sense of history and our understanding of man’s place in the world. Here Gopnik reveals these two men as they really were: family men and social climbers, ambitious manipulators and courageous adventurers, grieving parents and brilliant scholars. Above all we see them as thinkers and writers, making and witnessing the great changes in thought that mark truly modern times.


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