The Swerve

The Swerve

2011 • 356 pages

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A fascinating story about the creation of the modern world through the unlikely survival of a manuscript by Lucretius (99 BC – c. 55 BC) “On the Nature of Things,” that “ presents the principles of atomism; the nature of the mind and soul; explanations of sensation and thought; the development of the world and its phenomena; and explains a variety of celestial and terrestrial phenomena. The universe described in the poem operates according to these physical principles, guided by fortuna, “chance”, and not the divine intervention” - Wikipedia.

If you love history and connections then you will love SWERVE.

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