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Item Details
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THE GREAT ARCHIMEDES
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| By: |
Mario Geymonat, R. Alden Smith (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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£28.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1602583110 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781602583115 |
| Publisher: |
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
15 January, 2011 |
| Pages: |
132 |
| Translated from: |
Italian |
| Description: |
Archimedes (ca 287 BCE-ca 212 BCE) was a mathematician, physicist, scientist, and engineer. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, the Greek Archimedes was an inventor par excellence. This title tells of the life and mind of one of antiquity's important and innovative thinkers. |
| Synopsis: |
In this exclusive English edition of the elucidating and award-winning investigation of Archimedes' life, Mario Geymonat provides fresh insights into one of the greatest minds in the history of humankind. Archimedes (ca 287 BCE-ca 212 BCE) was a mathematician, physicist, scientist, and engineer. Born in Syracuse, Sicily, the Greek Archimedes was an inventor par excellence. He not only explored the displacement of water and sand, worked out the principle of levers, developed an approximation of pi, discovered ways to determine the areas and volumes of solids, and invented the monumental Archimedes' screw (a machine for raising water), Archimedes also developed machinery that his fellow Syracusans successfully employed to defend their native city against the Romans. The Great Archimedes is already a highly acclaimed telling of the life and mind of one of antiquity's most important and innovative thinkers, and, now in translation, it is sure to be cherished by experts and novices alike across the English-speaking world. This wonderfully illustrated and multifarious book is enriched by numerous quotations and testimonies from ancient sources. |
| Illustrations: |
colour photos |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Baylor University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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