A short summary of the author&#x27;s award winning book:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Swerve:_How_the_World_Became_Modern" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Swerve:_How_the_World_Beca...</a><p>Great reading but ultimately the underlying thesis that rediscovery of Lucretius in some large way sparked the Renaissance seems like pretty thin gruel.