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El relato evocador y vibrante de cómo se rescataron las ideas del mundo clásico, el origen de nuestra herencia intelectual común.Tras la caída de Roma, muchas de las grandes ideas del mundo clásico, base del conocimiento moderno, se perdieron para siempre. Innumerables libros fueron destruidos por los cristianos, y la biblioteca de Alejandria, el mayor deposito de saber del mundo, fue arrasada. Pero tres manuscritos cruciales sobrevivieron a esa edad de la penumbra e impulsaron la llegada del Renacimiento.En este sorprendente debut, la historiadora Violet Moller rastrea los caminos que tomaron las ideas de tres de los mas grandes cientificos de la Antiguedad -Euclides, Galeno y Ptolomeo- a lo largo de mas de mil años y a traves de siete ciudades, centros de conocimiento excepcionales, donde una serie de personajes curiosos y eruditos, apoyados por un puñado de jefes de Estado ilustrados, rescataron y difundieron sus obras.Al explorar estas rutas del conocimiento, Moller revela la red de conexiones entre el mundo islamico y la cristiandad que preservaria y transformaria la astronomia, las matematicas y la medicina: de la Alejandria del siglo VI al Bagdad del siglo IX, y de ahi a la Cordoba musulmana, al Toledo catolico, a la facultad de medicina medieval de Salerno, luego a Palermo, con su vibrante mezcla de culturas y, finalmente, a Venecia, donde las imprentas permitieron que el saber se difundiera ampliamente y el Renacimiento echara raices.La ruta del conocimiento es un relato emocionante, evocador y vibrante de nuestra herencia intelectual comun.La critica ha dicho:La historiadora inglesa Violet Moller reconstruye la tradicion vagabunda que permitio conservar el conocimiento grecolatino clasico a traves de sus refugios en la epoca mas oscura de la Edad Media.El MundoLa aventura de como el conocimiento ha sobrevivido una y otra vez a las catastrofes ciclicas que han asolado los tesoros bibliograficos en los que se albergaba la memoria colectiva de la Humanidad, su ciencia y su literatura.La RazonPermite llegar a una conclusion optimista: A pesar de las amenazar a lo largo de la Historia, siempre ha habido personas dispuestas a preservar el conocimiento y a mantenerlo ¿Por que no pensar que eso sigue y seguira pasando?Las mañanas de Radio NacionalEsplendido, deslumbrante,cautivador, escrito con pasion, entusiasmo y sentido del humor.Catherine Nixey, autora deLa edad de la penumbraMoller invita al lector a maravillarse ante el multiculturalismo del mundo antiguo, y revela como las bases del conocimiento de Occidente no saltaron sin mas de Grecia a los tiempos modernos, sino que fueron concienzudamente preservados, estudiados y perfeccionados a lo largo de casi mil años.The Washington PostUn relato rico y vibrante, repleto de coloridas imagenes de Oriente y Occidente. Al igual que los manuscritos cuyos viajes rastrea, es iluminador.Francesca Carrington,TatlerUnlibroinagotablementefascinante, rico en detalles, amplio de miras y de enfoque humano.Stephen Greenblatt, autor de El giroEsplendido.Ambiciosoperoconciso,profundamente investigado pero elegantemente escrito, y de lo mas entretenido.Tim Smith-Laing, TheTelegraphUn fascinante y meticuloso re...

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