1001 Ideas that Changed the Way We Think | Robert Arp

Generously illustrated with more than 700 illustrations and photographs, this wonderfully diverse book celebrates history's most groundbreaking ideas and is a resounding testament to the power of original thought.

The inspirational ideas explored here range from Gandhi's theory of civil disobedience to Henry Thoreau's praise of the simple life and Mary Wollstonecraft's groundbreaking advocacy of women's rights. The book also covers a wide variety of lifestyle concepts, such as 'rational dress' and naturism, and cultural movements including Neoclassicism, Surrealism and Postmodernism.

Supported by a wealth of striking illustrations and illuminating quotations, 1001 Ideas That Changed The Way We Think is both an in-depth history of ideas and a delightfully browsable source of entertainment.