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The Answer Man: An ancient poem was rediscovered and the world swerved (2011)
- shehaaz 11y agoGutenberg has the book for free, if anyone is curious :) http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/785 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/785
- Steko 11y agoA short summary of the author's award winning book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swerve:_How_the_World_Became_Modern 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.