100 كتاب غيّرت العالم

A historical study of the world's most influential books. Many books become classics, must-reads, or publishing hits overnight, but how many of them can truly claim to have changed the way we see and think? In 100 Books That Changed the World, authors Scott Christiansen and Colin Salter bring together an extraordinary collection of truly groundbreaking books, from the sacred texts that founded religions, to the scientific treatises that challenged beliefs, to the novels that sparked new literary genres. Elegantly designed, this book offers a chronological survey of the most important books from around the world, from the earliest illuminated manuscripts to the era of electronic publishing. Entries include: The Iliad and the Odyssey, Homer (750 BC), Gutenberg's Bible (1550s AD), The Qur'an (609-632 AD), On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres, Nicolaus Copernicus (1543), First Edition of Shakespeare's Works (1623), Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, Isaac Newton (1687), The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith (1776), A Vindication of the Rights of Women, Mary Wollstonecraft (1792), The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (1859), Capital, Karl Marx (1867), The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud (1899), Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank (1947), Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong (1964), A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking (1988).