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050	0	0	_aQH331 _b.L5285 2014
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100	1		_aLeroi, Armand Marie
245	1	4	_aThe lagoon : _bhow Aristotle invented science _c/ Armand Marie Leroi ; with translations from the Greek by Simon MacPherson and original illustrations by David Koutsogiannopoulos.
260			_aNew York _b: Viking _c, 2014
300			_a501 p. _b: illus. _c; 24 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 469-486) and index.
505	0		_aAt 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.
520			_aA brilliant study of Aristotle as biologist. The philosophical classics of Aristotle loom large over the history of Western thought, but the subject he most loved was biology. He wrote vast volumes about animals. He described them, classified them, told us where and how they live and how they develop in the womb or in the egg. He founded a science. It can even be said that he founded science itself. In The Lagoon , acclaimed biologist Armand Marie Leroi recovers Aristotle's science. He revisits Aristotle's writings and the places where he worked. He goes to the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos to see the creatures that Aristotle saw, where he saw them. He explores Aristotle's observations, his deep ideas, his inspired guesses and the things he got wildly wrong. He shows how Aristotle's science is deeply intertwined with his philosophical system and reveals that he was not only the first biologist, but also one of the greatest. The Lagoon is both a travelogue and a study of the origins of science. And it shows how a philosopher who lived almost two millennia ago still has so much to teach us today.
546			_aEnglsih
600	0	4	_aAristotle
650		4	_aBiology _x-History
650		4	_aBiology _x-Philosophy
700	1		_aMacPherson, Simon
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