by Jean-Pierre Luminet · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466610698
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In 'The Burning of Alexandria,' Jean-Pierre Luminet transports us to the year 642, when the troops of General Amr, under the orders of Caliph Omar, invade Alexandria with the mission of destroying its famous library. The novel follows Filopon, a Christian philosopher, Rhazes, a Jewish doctor, and Hypatia, a young mathematician, who try to persuade General Amr not to carry out such an act of destruction. Through their stories about the life and work of philosophers, scientists, and poets who worked in the library, they seek to move the general and save the legacy of universal knowledge. A story that pays homage to the transmission of knowledge beyond ideological and religious barriers.
