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The New York Times best-selling writer of Convert Right at Machu Picchu models out to discover the truth behind the renowned lost city of Atlantis. A few years ago, Symbol Adams made a unusual finding: Everything we realize about the lost city of Atlantis originates from the work of one man, the Greek philosopher Plato. Then he made another, stranger finding: Beginner explorers are still actively searching for this sunken city all around the world, based completely on the clues Plato left behind. Exposed to the Atlantis obsession, Adams decides to track down these folks and determine why they believe it's possible to find the world's most famous lost city and whether some of their theories could verify or disprove its presence. He visits researchers who use cutting-edge technology to find renowned civilizations once regarded as imaginary. He examines the numerical and musical rules hidden in Plato's writings, and by making use of some charismatic sleuths traces their roots back to Pythagoras, the sixth-century BC mathematician. He learns how ancient societies transmitted accounts of cataclysmic occurrences - and exactly how one might dig out the "kernel of real truth" in Plato's original story. Meet Me in Atlantis is Adams's enthralling bank account of his quest to resolve one of history's most significant mysteries; a travelogue that calls for listeners to interesting locations to meet irresistible individuals; and a profound, often humorous go through the real human longing to rediscover a lost world.
