Natural History:A Selection

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出版社: Penguin
1991-12
版次: 1
ISBN: 9780140444131
定价: 124.90
装帧: 平装
开本: 32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 448页
正文语种: 英语
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  • Pliny's"NaturalHistory"isanastonishinglyambitiousworkthatrangesfromastronomytoartandfromgeographytozoology.Minglingacuteobservationwithoftenwildspeculation,itoffersafascinatingviewoftheworldasitwasunderstoodinthefirstcenturyAD,whetherdescribingthedangerofdivingforsponges,thefirstwater-clock,ortheuseofasses'milktoremovewrinkles.PlinyhimselfdiedwhileinvestigatingthevolcaniceruptionthatdestroyedPompeiiinAD79,andthenaturalcuriositythatbroughtabouthisdeathisalsoverymuchevidentinthe"NaturalHistory"-abookthatprovedhighlyinfluentialrightupuntiltheRenaissanceandthathisnephew,Plinytheyounger,described'asfullofvarietyasnatureitself'. GaiusPliniusSecundus(23-79AD),betterknownasPlinytheElder,studiedbotanyandphilosophyinRomebeforeservinginthemilitary.HewaslaterPorcuratorinGallia,whilstcontinuingtoaccumulateknowledgeoneverythingfromgrammartothehistoryoftheGermanwars.Hecreatedthefirstknownencyclopedia.
  • 内容简介:
    Pliny's"NaturalHistory"isanastonishinglyambitiousworkthatrangesfromastronomytoartandfromgeographytozoology.Minglingacuteobservationwithoftenwildspeculation,itoffersafascinatingviewoftheworldasitwasunderstoodinthefirstcenturyAD,whetherdescribingthedangerofdivingforsponges,thefirstwater-clock,ortheuseofasses'milktoremovewrinkles.PlinyhimselfdiedwhileinvestigatingthevolcaniceruptionthatdestroyedPompeiiinAD79,andthenaturalcuriositythatbroughtabouthisdeathisalsoverymuchevidentinthe"NaturalHistory"-abookthatprovedhighlyinfluentialrightupuntiltheRenaissanceandthathisnephew,Plinytheyounger,described'asfullofvarietyasnatureitself'.
  • 作者简介:
    GaiusPliniusSecundus(23-79AD),betterknownasPlinytheElder,studiedbotanyandphilosophyinRomebeforeservinginthemilitary.HewaslaterPorcuratorinGallia,whilstcontinuingtoaccumulateknowledgeoneverythingfromgrammartothehistoryoftheGermanwars.Hecreatedthefirstknownencyclopedia.
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