TY  - BOOK
AU  - Greenblatt,Stephen
TI  - The swerve: how the world became modern 
SN  - 9780393064476 (hardcover)
AV  - PA6484 .G69 2011
U1  - 940.2/1 23
CY  - New York
PB  - W.W. Norton
KW  - Lucretius Carus, Titus
KW  - Lucretius Carus, Titus.
KW  - Renaissance
KW  - Philosophy, Renaissance
KW  - Science, Renaissance
KW  - Civilization, Modern
KW  - sears
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - History
KW  - Science
KW  - Modern civilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-335) and index; The book hunter -- The moment of discovery -- In search of Lucretius -- The teeth of time -- Birth and rebirth -- In the lie factory -- A pit to catch foxes -- The way things are -- The return -- Swerves -- Afterlives
N2  - A humanities professor describes the impact had by the translation of the last remaining manuscript of "On the Nature of Things" by Roman philosopher Lucretius, which fueled the Renaissance and inspired artists, great thinkers, and scientists
ER  -