The lagoon : how Aristotle invented science / by Armand Marie Leroi ; with translations from the Greek by Simon MacPherson and original illustrations by David Koutsogiannopoulos.

How Aristotle invented science

London ; New Delhi ; New York ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Circus, 2014.

501 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-486) and index.

At Erato -- The island -- The known world -- The anatomies -- Natures -- The dolphin's snore -- The instruments -- The bird winds -- The soul of the cuttle -- Foam -- The valley of sheep -- Recipe for an oyster -- Figs, honey, fish -- The stone forest -- Kosmos -- The strait of Pyrrha.