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The Great Archimedes /
In translation for the first time, this highly acclaimed, wonderfully illustrated telling of Archimedes' life and mind is sure to be cherished by experts and novices alike. --Book Jacket.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Italiano |
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Waco, Tex. :
Baylor University Press,
2010.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The adventurous life of a remarkable scientist
- The mysterious Greek letter [pi]
- "Give me a lever long enough and I will move the world"
- Eureka!
- Archimedes' Magnum Opus: on the sphere and the cylinder
- How many grains of sand does it take to fill the universe?
- Archimedes as civil and military engineer
- An original and persuasive method
- Archimedes and the poets Catullus, Horace, and Virgil
- The "myth" of Archimedes, yesterday and today.