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The Greeks; A Great Adventure.

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The Greeks; A Great Adventure is a well rounded history documentation of ancient Greece that tells about the 7 wonders to Alexander the Great to the Roman Empire. It tells about scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians such as Plato, Hipparchus, Archimedes, Plutarch, ect... It gets to the point of wars and leaves out biased opinions. It's a great 307- page book by a great science fiction writer-Isaac Asimov. I wish it was still in print so I could give the one back to my school library that I have had for one year...

It's a shame this book is out of print. This book does a great job making Greek history enjoyable and comprehensible. Although aimed at "young adult" readers, older readers unfamiliar with Greek history would probably be better off devoting an evening or two to this book than to any other general Greek history I've seen.

This review refers to "Los Griegos" de Alianza Editorial- Historia Universal Asimov

I have fond memories of this book becasue its the enjoyable guide to greek history.. while being rigorous he is entertaining and guides you though the intricasies and the many consecuences of greek thought as impacting us today..

In a way I am surprised to see this is aimed at the young adult- not so on the edition of Alianza- its for all ages .. also I am surprised to see its not longer edited

Seems like the prophet of cybernetics outsourced the writing of this history to a commodore 64. As I read this, I kept wondering if, perhaps, it was intended for youngsters? It's not bad, but quite light, and not up to Asimov's customary standard. I was puzzled that he dismissed Philip's assassination with a couple of sentences, that the internal conspiracies against Alexander aren't analyzed...Description of tactics and battles are simplistic. I suppose that when an author is so prolific and so eclectic, at some point, that limitations are unavoidable.