Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud Peter Watson
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

It's over 800 pages long and a brilliant piece of scholarship. Why is it so easy to destroy or to waste? Jan 19, 2010 - I've been reading the EXCELLENT book 'Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention from Fire to Freud' by Peter Watson, and came upon this section where he talks about The Society for Mutual Autopsy. Peter Watson, “Ideas: a History of Thought and Invention from Fire to Freud”, 2005. By far, my favorite book this year was The President's House. Dec 23, 2009 - And in the fall I read Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud, by Peter Watson. Apr 11, 2010 - My favorite book of all time, written by Peter Watson, is Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud. Allow more interior rooms, and makes use of more shared walls. The Evolution of God, New York: Hachette Book Group, 238-9. Feb 24, 2014 - I picked up Peter Watson's book in the local library on the new titles shelf – It's a fairly challenging read but really interesting and worth the effort. Dec 12, 2013 - Introduction Isaac Newton and his involvement with alchemy. May 31, 2010 - Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud, New York: HarperCollins. I have rarely become so immersed in a book as I did in this one. Aug 6, 2010 - Peter Watson, the author of a new book called Ideas: a History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud, was interviewed by the New York Times the other day, and was asked to name 'the single worst idea in history'. Development: modern science, business methods, intellectual life. Jul 10, 2009 - As Peter Watson states in his book Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud: “All music leads up to Beethoven, says Mumford Jones, and all music leads away from him.