De Rerum Natura
Subtitle: The Poem on Nature (Fyfield Books)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: November 20, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780415969574
First sentence: The poet invokes Venus, without whom nothing is conceived, and asks his patron Memmius to turn aside from business and listen to his explanations.
Description: "The De Rurum Natura of Lucretius (99BC-55BC) is one of the great books of the world, a lucid explanation of physical phenomena that develops into a majestic vision of the ultimate nature of the universe." "Lucretius' observations of the particularities of the world remain alive across the centuries. We follow his enquiring, scientific mind as he investigates the workings of mirror images, thunderstorms and magnetism, how we walk and what sleep is. Overarching all is Lucretius' belief in a universe of eternally recurring elements."--Back cover.