Publication Year:2011
Original Language:English
Author Nationality:United States
The Swerve
How the World Became Modern
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The book explores the rediscovery of a long-lost poem by Lucretius, "On the Nature of Things," in the 15th century by an Italian humanist and book hunter. This poem's rediscovery, according to the book, led to a monumental shift in cultural and philosophical t...
