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The Map of Knowledge

How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities

Moller, Violet

The Map of Knowledge

The Map of Knowledge

How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found: A History in Seven Cities

The Map of Knowledge

 

The movement of the ideas of Euclid, Galen and Ptolemy across the centuries and the cities of the world - at fragile and halting speed until reaching the printing presses of Venice - are tracked and mapped in this evocative work of history, enlivened by a particularly vibrant cast of characters

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Beschrijving The Map of Knowledge

A vibrant and evocative account of how the great scientific ideas of the ancient world were lost and found.

ISBN
9781509829606
Pagina's
336
Verschenen
NUR
680
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Hardback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
Pan Macmillan

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