The lagoon : how Aristotle invented science / by Armand Marie Leroi ; with translations from the Greek by Simon MacPherson and original illustrations by David Koutsogiannopoulos.

  • Leroi, Armand Marie
Date:
2014
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

How Aristotle invented science

Publication/Creation

London ; New Delhi ; New York ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Circus, 2014.

Physical description

501 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-486) and index.

Contents

At Erato -- The island -- The known world -- The anatomies -- Natures -- The dolphin's snore -- The instruments -- The bird winds -- The soul of the cuttle -- Foam -- The valley of sheep -- Recipe for an oyster -- Figs, honey, fish -- The stone forest -- Kosmos -- The strait of Pyrrha.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    BZP (Aristotle)
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 1408836203
  • 9781408836200