The swerve : how the world became modern /

In this book, the author transports readers to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion. In this work he has crafted both a work of history and a story of discovery, in which o...

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Main Author:	Greenblatt, Stephen, 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2011]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Lucretius Carus, Titus > Influence. Lucretius Carus, Titus. > De rerum natura. Renaissance. Philosophy, Renaissance. Science, Renaissance. Civilization, Modern.