This is a detailed, comprehensive exploration of the largest library and center of learning in the ancient world.Author: Kelly Trumble
Illustrator: Robina MacIntyre Marshall
Format: Hardcover
Published: Clarion Books, 2003

This is a detailed, comprehensive exploration of the largest library and center of learning in the ancient world. Readers will be thrilled by the wily methods the Ptolemies employed to build the library's unparalleled collection. Four chapters describe the discoveries made in astronomy, geography, mathematics, and medicine by such notables as Ptolemy, Eratosthenes, Euclid, and Archimedes. Significant additional information, including maps, descriptions of important sites in Ancient Alexandria, a glossary of names and terms, a bibliography, and an index, make this a valuable reference.