The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science

by Armand Marie Leroi

Book Overview

A 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670026743
• ISBN13: 9780670026746
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 501 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher