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The Great Archimedes

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by Mario Geymonat
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mario Geymonat, R. A. Smith (Translator)Publish date:2011-01-15Pages:132
Language:EnglishPublisher:Baylor University PressISBN-13:9781602583115ISBN-10:1602583110UPC:9781602583115Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.42 x 5.61 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCPFTE3NQ1

The Great Archimedes

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...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Baylor University PressISBN-13:9781602583115ISBN-10:1602583110UPC:9781602583115Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.42 x 5.61 x 0.45 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCPFTE3NQ1

Mario Geymonat, a world-class scholar of antiquity, has taught at the University of Ca'Foscari of Venice and at the universtities of Milan, Calabria, and Siena. In its original publication in Italian, The Great Archimedes was awarded the Corrado Alvaro award for Italian literary excellence.

R. Alden Smith is Professor of Classics and Associate Dean of the Honors College at Baylor University.


Publisher: Baylor University Press

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Mario Geymonat, R. A. Smith (Translator)

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Mario Geymonat

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