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The Great Archimedes by Geymonat, Mario
by Geymonat, Mario | PB | Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 1602583110
- Subject Area
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Publication Name
- Great Archimedes
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press
- Item Length
- 8.4 in
- Subject
- Ancient / General, Cultural Heritage, Science & Technology
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.4 in
- Item Weight
- 7.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 132 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Baylor University Press
ISBN-10
1602583110
ISBN-13
9781602583115
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92597667
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
132 Pages
Publication Name
Great Archimedes
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Ancient / General, Cultural Heritage, Science & Technology
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
7.2 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-038746
Reviews
"Italian scholar Geymonat provides an interesting, brief account of the life and importance of Archimedes in this translated work. . . . Geymonat includes some unexpected gems. . . . Fun read overall! Recommended. Academic, general, and professional audiences. All levels." --Choice, August 2011, "... a delightful and richly illustrated biography of the great mathematician Archimedes.... This publication makes Geymonat's interesting work available to the international public, acknowledging his praiseworthy objective of offering an excellent example of high-level scientific popularization." -- Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2012.01.14), ... a delightful and richly illustrated biography of the great mathematician Archimedes... This publication makes Geymonat's interesting work available to the international public, acknowledging his praiseworthy objective of offering an excellent example of high-level scientific popularization., Italian scholar Geymonat provides an interesting, brief account of the life and importance of Archimedes in this translated work.... Geymonat includes some unexpected gems.... Fun read overall! Recommended. Academic, general, and professional audiences. All levels., "... a delightful and richly illustrated biography of the great mathematician Archimedes.... This publication makes Geymonat's interesting work available to the international public, acknowledging his praiseworthy objective of offering an excellent example of high-level scientific popularization." --Bryn Mawr Classical Review(2012.01.14)
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
510.92
Table Of Content
Foreword by Zhores Alferov Preface by Luciano Canfora Translator's Preface by R. Alden Smith 1. The Adventurous Life of a Remarkable Scientist 2. The Mysterious Greek Letter 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
Synopsis
This wonderfully illustrated and multifarious book is enriched by numerous quotations and testimonies from ancient sources., 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.
LC Classification Number
Q143.A62G4913 2010
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