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The lagoon : how Aristotle invented science / Armand Marie Leroi ; with translations from the Greek by Simon MacPherson ; and original illustrations by David Koutsogiannopoulos

This work traces the origins of biology to Aristotle's observations of the natural world on the island of Lesbos. It examines his zoological writings and assesses the influence of his philosophical system on the foundations of modern science.

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