Daria Lebedeva It seems that it is impossible to talk about ancient Rome, without comparing it with modernity: the authors of the three books, which one way or another affecting the history of the focus of European civilization, cannot avoid this.

Dmitry Bayuk, Art. scientific. sore. Iint RAS, deputy. editor -in -chief of the journal "Questions of the history of natural science and technology": I will warn you right away: I did not completely read any of the books of the short list, so my judgments are superficial. Nevertheless, I watched all the books sufficiently to draw conclusions that I am ready to share, although I am not going to impose them for anyone. First about the natural science part of the list.