Archimedes – Fulcrum of Science : Fulcrum of Science
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Great Lives of the Ancient World
ISBN-10
1789149223
ISBN-13
9781789149227
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Imprint
Reaktion Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 16th, 2024
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
372 grams
Dimensions
14.70 x 22.30 x 2.40 cms
Product Classification:
Ancient history: to c 500 CEAncient history
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A bold reimagining of the life and work of Archimedes of Syracuse.
Galileo, Leonardo, Newton, Tesla – all revered him. As an engineer, Archimedes of Syracuse almost single-handedly held off the world’s most powerful army. In an era of abacuses and sundials, he designed geared calculating devices that accurately modeled the solar system. As a mathematician, he knew more in 212 BCE than all of Europe for the next seventeen centuries. In this bold reimagining, modern polymath Nicholas Nicastro shines new light on Archimedes’ life and work. Far from the aloof, physically inept figure of historical myth, he is revealed to be an ambitious, combative and fiercely competitive man. A genius who challenged an empire, Archimedes emerges as the world’s first fully modern scientist – millennia before his intellectual descendants transformed our world.
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