A Little History of the World, E. H. Gombrich
A Little History of the World, E. H. Gombrich
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A Little History of the World

Author: E. H. Gombrich

Narrator: Geoffrey Howard

Unabridged: 9 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Nonfiction, History

Synopsis

This world history is not dominated by dates and facts but by the sweep of experience across the centuries. In forty concise chapters, Gombrich tells the story of humanity from the Stone Age to the atomic bomb. In between emerges a colorful picture of wars and conquests, grand works of art, and the spread and limitations of science.

About E. H. Gombrich

E. H. Gombrich (1909–2001), author of the six-million-copy international bestseller The Story of Art and other classic works, was probably the best-known art historian of his time. Born in Vienna in 1909, he moved to London in 1936, working at the BBC and later becoming director of the Warburg Institute and professor of the history of the classical tradition at London University. Among his many honors were the Erasmus Prize, the Hegel Prize, the Wittgenstein Prize, and the Goethe Prize. He was knighted in 1972 and appointed a member of the Order of Merit in 1988.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on January 31, 2009

I can't bring myself to jump on the warm and fuzzy bandwagon of approval of this deeply flawed book. It is what it is - a condensation of all of human history into sequential "stories" suitable for "children". Supposing for the moment that this is not an inherent recipe for disaster, what is bafflin......more

Goodreads review by M.rmt on February 10, 2017

{کسی که از سه هزار سال بهره نبرد تنگ دست بسر میبرد. } گوته خوندن این کتابو به افراد زیر پیشنهاد میکنم: 1)کسایی که همیشه از تاریخ گریزون بودن و تاریخ براشون یه سری حوادث خشک و تلخه.مسلما بعد خوندن این کتاب نوع نگاهتون عوض میشه چون نثر کتاب به شدت جذاب ،گیرا و شیرینه و دست کمی از رمان نداره. 2)افرادی که......more

Goodreads review by Ulysse on November 05, 2024

The only way I can truly enjoy history is to have it told me as if I were a child who didn't want to go to bed. Gombrich does this extremely well. I wish I’d had a grandfather like him. But by publishing this book Gombrich was making a pact with the world to be everyone’s grandfather (in the bedtime......more

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