Mirage: Napoleon's Scientists and the Unveiling of Egypt

  • Robinson, Andrew

  • Andrew Robinson is a visiting fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge. His recent books include The Last Man Who Knew Everything and The Story of Measurement (Thames & Hudson).

Nature 450(7171):p 793-794, December 6, 2007. | DOI: 10.1038/450793a

Napoleon's invasion of the Middle East enhanced rather than diminished the world's intellectual heritage.

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