{"product_id":"the-lagoon-how-aristotle-invented-science-9780143127987","title":"The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe remarkable but neglected story of Aristotle's founding role in the scientific study of nature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Both a travelogue and a study of the origins of science, \u003ci\u003eThe Lagoon\u003c\/i\u003e shows how an ancient thinker still has much to teach us today. Aristotle's philosophy looms large over the history of Western thought, but the subject he most loved was biology. He wrote vast treatises on animals, dissecting them, classifying them, recording how they lived, fed, and bred. He founded a science. It can even be said that he founded science itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this luminous book, acclaimed biologist Armand Marie Leroi recovers Aristotle's science. He explores Aristotle's observations, his deep ideas, his inspired guesses--and the things he got wildly wrong. Leroi visits the Aegean island where Aristotle plumbed the secrets of the living world in all its beauty. Modern science still bears the stamp of its founder. \u003ci\u003eThe Lagoon\u003c\/i\u003e reveals that Aristotle was not only the first biologist, but also one of the greatest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Armand Marie LeRoi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143127987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/27\/2015 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArmand Marie Leroi \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of evolutionary developmental biology at Imperial College London. He is also a broadcaster and the author of \u003ci\u003eMutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into nine languages and won the \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003eFirst Book Award. He lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44436224409715,"sku":"9780143127987","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0bab8fc7-5e5d-4818-a122-95f51860e8d9.jpg?v=1772894709","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-lagoon-how-aristotle-invented-science-9780143127987","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}