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Stranger than we can imagine : making sense of the twentieth century

Higgs, John2015

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This is the story of the twentieth century told through the ideas produced at the furthest fringes of science, arts and culture. Its cast includes well-known geniuses such as Albert Einstein, Francis Crick and Pablo Picasso, as well as infamous but ne'er-do-wells including Timothy Leary, Aleister Crowley and Keith Richards.

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Main title:

Stranger than we can imagine : making sense of the twentieth century / John Higgs.

Author:

Higgs, John, author

Work:

Stranger than we can imagine : making sense of the twentieth century

Imprint:

London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2015.

Collation:

320 pages ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780297870890 (hbk)9780297870906 (ePub ebook)

Dewey class:

909.8'2909.82

LC class:

D422

Language:

English

Subject:

Civilization, Modern -- 20th centuryHistory, Modern -- 20th centuryHistoryHistory

BRN:

272487

Bookmark link:

https://calderdale.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=272487