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| | The Light of Alexandria, by James Maynard. A history of the first 1,000 years of science and how it helped to shape ... |
 | | This is the history of science, in the first thousand years, from the birth of the world’s first two scientists, Thales and Anaximander, until the final destruction of the greatest library of the ancient world, the Library of Alexandria, in the year 415. |
 | | The life stories of the most famous and important people in history from 600 BCE to 415 CE are also told: the romantic intrigue of Cleopatra, Caesar and Marc Antony, the cruelness of Draco and the bravery of Spartacus, the madness of Caligula and the genius of Hannibal. |
 | | The invention of many devices people associate with modern life are profiled: the first vending machines, automatic doors, shopping malls, machine guns, mechanized stage machinery for plays, automated con games and even an analog computer invented nearly 2100 years ago. |
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