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The Great Archimedes / Mario Geymonat ; R. Alden Smith, translator and editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Geymonat, Mario.
- Standardized Title:
- Grande Archimede. English
- Language:
- English
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Scientists--Greece--Biography.
- Scientists.
- Archimedes.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (132 pages) : illustrations (some color)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- A rich, celebrated, and illustrated look at one of antiquity's greatest minds.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title Page, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Translator's Preface
- 1. The Adventurous Life of a Remarkable Scientist
- 2. The Mysterious Greek Letter Pi
- 3. Give Me a Lever Long Enough and I Will Move the World
- 4. Eureka!
- 5. Archimedes' Magnum Opus "On the Sphere and the Cylinder
- 6. How Many Grains of Sand Does It Take To Fill the Universe
- 7. Archimedes as Civil and Military Engineer
- 8. An Original and Persuasive Method
- 9. Archimedes and the Poets Catullus, Horace, and Virgil
- 10. The "Myth" of Archimedes, Yesterday and Today
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-109) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781481300506
- 1481300504
- OCLC:
- 868219478
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