The Answer Man: An ancient poem was rediscovered and the world swerved (2011) (newyorker.com) 37 points by diodorus 10y ago ↗ HN
[–] shehaaz 10y ago ↗ Gutenberg has the book for free, if anyone is curious :) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/785
[–] Steko 10y ago ↗ A short summary of the author's award winning book:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swerve:_How_the_World_Beca...Great reading but ultimately the underlying thesis that rediscovery of Lucretius in some large way sparked the Renaissance seems like pretty thin gruel.
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Great reading but ultimately the underlying thesis that rediscovery of Lucretius in some large way sparked the Renaissance seems like pretty thin gruel.