Leroi, Armand Marie.

The lagoon : how Aristotle invented science / How Aristotle invented science Armand Marie Leroi ; with translations from the Greek by Simon MacPherson and original illustrations by David Koutsogiannopoulos. - New York: Viking, 2014. - 501 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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

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.

9780670026746 (hbk.) 0670026743 (hbk.)

2014021366


Aristotle.


Biology--History.
Biology--Philosophy--History.

QH331 / .L5285 2014

570.1

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