Natural History: A Selection - Couverture souple

Pliny The Elder

 
9780140444131: Natural History: A Selection
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0140444130 ISBN 13 : 9780140444131
Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 1991

Synopsis

Pliny's Natural History is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoology. Mingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century AD, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses' milk to remove wrinkles. Pliny himself died while investigating the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in AD 79, and the natural curiosity that brought about his death is also very much evident in the Natural History - a book that proved highly influential right up until the Renaissance and that his nephew, Pliny the younger, described 'as full of variety as nature itself'.

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À propos de l?auteur

Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 - 79AD), better known as Pliny the Elder, studied botany and philosophy in Rome before serving in the military. He was later Porcurator in Gallia, whilst continuing to accumulate knowledge on everything from grammar to the history of the German wars. He created the first known encyclopedia.

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Éditeur
Penguin Publishing Group
Date d'édition
1991
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0140444130
ISBN 13 
9780140444131
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
448
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