Eureka!: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Ancient Greeks But Were Afraid to Ask

by Peter Jones

Book Overview

The ancient Greeks gave us our alphabet and much of our scientific, medical and cultural language; they invented democracy, atomic theory, and the rules of logic and geometry; laid the foundations of philosophy, history, tragedy and comedy; and debated everything from the good life and the role of women, to making sense of foreigners and the best form of government, all in the most sophisticated terms. But who were they? Peter Jones tells their epic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1782395164
• ISBN13: 9781782395164
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.8"