| #575921 in Books | Harvard University Press | 1938-01-01 | 1938-01-31 | Original language:Latin | PDF # 1 | 6.00 x1.00 x4.00l,.63 | File type: PDF | 400 pages | ||11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| Its not all quirky myths, but busts a myth or two|By Crow King|While I agree with the other reviewer regarding how fun the book is, there are also many true facts within it. For example, Pliny states that the Earth is round and proceeds to prove it by giving valid examples of experiments (shadow in a well at noon, ship on the horizon, etc.). This was around 70 AD and demonstr
Pliny the Elder, tireless researcher and writer, is author of the encyclopedic Natural History, in 37 books, an unrivaled compendium of Roman knowledge. The contents of the books are as follows. Book 1: table of contents of the others and of authorities; 2: mathematical and metrological survey of the universe; 3-6: geography and ethnography of the known world; 7: anthropology and the physiology of man; 8-11: zoology; 12-19: botany, agriculture, and horticultu...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Pliny: Natural History, Volume I, Books 1-2 (Loeb Classical Library No. 330) | Pliny.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
