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Nature 419, 556-557 (10 October 2002) | doi:10.1038/419556a
New Alexandria Library: A temple of knowledge
Alison Abbott1
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Abstract
The Library of Alexandria was the ancient world's premier seat of learning — its eventual destruction an intellectual tragedy. Can its spirit be revived in modern-day Egypt? Alison Abbott visits the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Euclid wrote his Elements of Geometry there. Herophilus identified the brain, rather than the heart, as the centre of intelligence.
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