
The Rise and Fall of the Library of Alexandria
Jean-Arcady Meyer(Author)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published on 11. July 2023
Book
Hardback
462 pages
978-1-5275-1870-4 (ISBN)
Description
The project to bring together all the books of the world in Alexandria was not only intended to contribute to the glory of the Ptolemies, but also aimed to attract scholars to the city, who would be capable of exploiting these books to produce others and to thus advance the literature and science of their time. This book demonstrates that the availability and critical study of the 500,000 scrolls which the Library of Alexandria probably contained made possible the production of some remarkable pieces of Alexandrian literature and philosophy, the considerable increase in historical and geographical knowledge, as well as outstanding contributions to the history of mathematics, astronomy, mechanics, and medicine.The book recalls how Alexandria was founded and became the most beautiful city in the ancient world. It also recalls the incredible series of wars, popular revolts, assassinations, palace intrigues, and debaucheries that brought about the inexorable decline of this city and its Library.
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Edition
Unabridged edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Unabridged edition
Product notice
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5275-1870-4 (9781527518704)
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Rise and Fall of the Library of Alexandria
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Jean-Arcady Meyer is Emeritus Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He has written several books on bionics and, being interested in the history of science, he is the author of Dei ex Machinis. The Life and Work of the Main Automata and Proto-robots Designers: from Ancient Legends to the Beginnings of Artificial Intelligence (2015).