Ebook {Epub PDF} The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science by Armand Marie Leroi

“Armand Marie Leroi opens Aristotle’s classical cabinet of curiosities to discover the genesis of science inside. In elegant, stylish and often witty prose, he probes the near-legendary, almost primeval lagoon, which inspired the ancient Greek’s Historia Animalium and animates it anew with his own incisive observations. From snoring dolphins to divine bees, Leroi shows us how Aristotle invented /5(45). 9 rows ·  · Armand Marie Leroi. Bloomsbury Circus, Jan 1, - Biology - pages. 0 Reviews. In the Author: Armand Marie Leroi.  · Armand Marie Leroi is a scientist, and Aristotle is his hero. This conjunction is interesting because, in the official telling of modern science’s origins, Aristotle is Author: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein.

The Lagoon: How Aristotle invented science by Armand Marie Leroi - review The Greeks cast their science from first principles, without troubling to examine the natural world. Aristotle changed. One of the fascinating features of The Lagoon is Leroi's ability to account even for Aristotle's wildest misconceptions, so that we can understand exactly how and why the methodical, commonsensical scientist got some 6 of 7 6/24/15 AM Adrienne Mayor reviews 'The Lagoon' by Armand Marie Leroi. Armand Marie Leroi (born 16 July ) is a New Zealand-born Dutch author, broadcaster, and professor of evolutionary developmental biology at Imperial College in London. The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science (Viking, 9/25/).

He founded a science. It can even be said that he founded science itself. In The Lagoon, acclaimed biologist Armand Marie Leroi recovers Aristotle’s science. He revisits Aristotle’s writings and. The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science () is a non-fiction book by the New Zealand-born author and biologist Armand Marie Leroi. Contrary to prevailing attitudes dating back to Galileo, Leroi posits that scientists should view Aristotle as a hero and a pioneer of their field. The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science, by Armand Marie Leroi, Bloomsbury, RRP£25/Viking, RRP$, pages. Sarah Bakewell is the author of ‘How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One.