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Author Gow, Mary.

Title Archimedes : mathematical genius of the ancient world / Mary Gow.

Publication Info. Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J BIO ARCHIMEDES    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J -B ARCHIMEDES    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Children's Department  J B ARCHIMEDES    Check Shelf
Description 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Great minds of science
Great minds of science.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 126) and index.
Contents "Treasures of scientific knowledge" -- The son of Phidias -- Alexandria and mathematics -- The law of the lever -- Eureka! Archimedes principle -- Circles and spheres -- Math at play -- Archimedes's inventions -- The siege of Syracuse -- The Archimedes Palimpsest.
Subject Archimedes -- Juvenile literature.
Mathematicians -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mathematics, Ancient -- Juvenile literature.
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0766025020
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