The Boys' and Girls' Pliny Vol. 2

Author(s): Pliny The Elder, John S. White

Genre(s): Classics (greek & Latin Antiquity), Science

Narrators: Foon

Number of Chapters: 26

Length: 02 hours and 35 minutes

Language: English

The Natural History of Pliny the Elder is one of the largest single works to have survived from the Roman Empire. The full work consists of 37 books, covering more than 20.000 topics ranging from astronomy and mathematics to botany and precious stones. The book became a model for later encyclopaedias and gives a fascinating overview of the state of scientific knowledge almost 2000 years ago. This version of the Natural History (or, the "Pliny") has been adapted for a younger audience. This second volume contains Book III (Man, His Birth and His Organization) and Book IV (The Nature of Terrestrial Animals) out of a total of 9 books. - Summary by Foon