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On the Nature of Things

On the Nature of Things, by Lucretius

(74053 words/416963 characters)

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Basic Examples

Retrieve the ResourceObject:

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ResourceObject["On the Nature of Things"]
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View the data:

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TextCases[ResourceData["On the Nature of Things"], "Sentence"][[100]]
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Visualization

Compare noun usage:

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BarChart[TakeLargest[ Counts[TextCases[ResourceData["On the Nature of Things"], "Noun"]], 20] // Reverse, BarOrigin -> Left, ChartLabels -> Automatic]
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Find distribution of sentence lengths:

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With[{sentences = TextSentences[ResourceData["On the Nature of Things"]]}, Histogram[(Length /@ (TextWords /@ sentences)), PlotRange -> Full]]
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Wolfram Research, "On the Nature of Things" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2015)   https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.02888.data

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Source Metadata

  • Title: On The Nature Of Things
  • Creator: Lucretius
  • Date: -75
  • Language: English

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Publisher Information

  • Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research