Out of Our Minds: What We Think and How We Came to Think It, Paperback - Felipe Fernández-Armesto

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An extraordinary journey through the history of human imagination, from the dawn of civilisation to the present day

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This profoundly illuminating, entertaining book could well change the way we "read" the visual world around us, and certainly help open our eyes an...

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Alexander (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) KloseIllustration(s): 96 b 192 Illustrations, unspecifiedTranslator: Charl...