Aristotle's Lagoon

Aristotle's Lagoon is a one-off TV documentary presented by eminent biologist Armand Leroi. He traces Aristotle's self-exile to the Greek island of Lesvos. Leroi explores how Aristotle founded the modern scientific field of biology. He points out that although scientists and Aristotle have not always been in agreement, Aristotle made discoveries that were ignored till centuries later.

First Broadcast BBC Four 9:00PM Sunday 17 January 2011.[1]

Published as The Lagoon: How Aristotle Invented Science (Viking, 9/25/2014) ISBN 978-0670026746

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  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00q0hh2


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