Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
Description |
viii, 242 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 22 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-228) and index. |
Contents |
The essential Archimedes -- The stormy sea -- Euclidean fantasies -- Number games -- Eureka man -- The science of fear -- The voice beneath the page -- A bridge across time -- The parchment brothers -- Leo's library -- Resurrection and light -- Gentleman and scoundrel -- The French connection -- Sweetest sustenance of souls. |
Subject |
Archimedes.
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Scientists -- Greece -- Biography.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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ISBN |
9780802716187 hardcover |
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0802716180 hardcover |
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