The scientific impulse can be said to have existed forever. But only with the written word did there emerge a record of speculations about how and why things happen.
Middle Eastern civilizations developed ways to measure and describe (e.g. math and the alphabet); Greek philosophers classified natural objects and studied cause and effect.
This is the story of ancient science from Asia to the Mediterranean Basin.
The Science and Discovery series recreates history's four thousand year journey to better understand the world through scientific means. It is a story of vested interests and independent thinkers, experiments and theories, change and progress. Portland State University
Author : Edward Gibbon
Philip Madoc with Neville Jason
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 7 hours 45 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Ancient
Our Price : $27.25
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Author : Plutarch
Nicholas Farrell with Steve Hodson
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 7 hours 30 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Historical
Ancient
Biographical
Our Price : $27.25
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Author : Suetonius
Derek Jacobi
Publisher : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 7 hours 15 minutes
Type : Classic Literature
Ancient
Biographical
Royalty and Heads of State
Historical
Our Price : $27.25
Suetonius wrote Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled their extraordinary careers, presenting perspicacious insights into the men as much as their reigns. See full description... |
Author : Dan Burstein
Jeff Harding and Sian Thomas
Publisher : Orion Publishing Group
Runtime : 3 hours 30 minutes
Type : Ancient
Religion & Spiritual
Knowledge & Learning
Biographical
Our Price : $12.25
Was Jesus actually married to Mary Magdalene? Did they have a child together? In the Secrets of the Code, Burstein attempts to distill expert opinion on the subject. See full description...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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