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Archimedes and the Roman imagination / Mary Jaeger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jaeger, Mary, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematicians--Greece--Biography.
- Mathematicians.
- Mathematics, Ancient.
- Archimedes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An innovative exploration of the cultural reception of the greatest mathematician of the ancient world.
- Contents:
- The "Eureka" story
- Cicero at Archimedes' tomb
- Why two spheres?
- The afterlife of the spheres from the De republica
- A sketch of events at Syracuse
- Who killed Archimedes?
- The defense of Syracuse
- Claudian on Archimedes
- Petrarch's Archimedes
- Conclusion
- Notes.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-59377-3
- 9786612593772
- 0-472-02532-5
- OCLC:
- 613205561
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