num_pages: 224
description: Martin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known and highly regarded. However, his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura --long out of print--is virtually unknown. Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate and fluent prose rendering. For this edition, Professor Smith provides a revised translation, new Introduction, headnotes and bibliography.
language: English
title: On the Nature of Things
titlecomplete: On the Nature of Things
genres: Poetry, Philosophy, Roman, Science, Nonfiction, Ancient, Ancient History, Literature, Classics, History
ratings_count: 13177
awards: awardedAt: -31507200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.