The Rise And Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind - Hardcover

Pollard, Justin; Reid, Howard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670037974 ISBN 13: 9780670037971

Publisher: Viking Pr, 2006

Synopsis

A history of the ancient city documents its period superiority as an archaeological and technological super power, revealing how atomic theory, geometry, the steam engine, and other developments were initiated there while tracing the city's downfall and ultimate legacy to the modern world.

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Review:

"Lively and Lucid. The real action [in] the classical world lay in Alexandria. Tells the story of ancient Alexandrian science, Cleopatra, with relish and brio."
-The Weekly Standard
"A marvelous work, a sweeping narrative, as grand as it is unusual, Pollard and Reid breathe life into the dust of philosophers and kings."
-Barry Strauss, author of The Trojan War: A New History and The Battle of Salamis
"Lucid, entertaining, full of exquisite images."
-Michael Hirst, screenwriter of Elizabeth

-Lively and Lucid. The real action [in] the classical world lay in Alexandria. Tells the story of ancient Alexandrian science, Cleopatra, with relish and brio.-
-The Weekly Standard
-A marvelous work, a sweeping narrative, as grand as it is unusual, Pollard and Reid breathe life into the dust of philosophers and kings.-
-Barry Strauss, author of The Trojan War: A New History and The Battle of Salamis
-Lucid, entertaining, full of exquisite images.-
-Michael Hirst, screenwriter of Elizabeth

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Pr
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0670037974
• ISBN 13: 9780670037971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 329