Archimedes: Fulcrum of Science (Great Lives of the Ancient World)
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| Management number | 232009893 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | $7.41 | Model Number | 232009893 | ||
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A bold reimagining of the Greek mathematician’s singular life as a truly modern scientist. Galileo, Leonardo, Newton, and Tesla revered him: Archimedes of Syracuse—an engineer who single-handedly defied the world’s most powerful army and a mathematician who knew more in 212 BCE than all of Europe would know for the next seventeen centuries. In this bold reimagining, modern polymath Nicholas Nicastro shines a new light on Archimedes’ life and work. Far from the aloof, physically inept figure of historical myth, Archimedes is revealed to be an ambitious, combative, and fiercely competitive man. A genius who challenged an empire, Archimedes emerges in this book as the world’s first fully modern scientist—millennia before his intellectual descendants transformed our world. Read more
| ISBN10 | 1789149223 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1789149227 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Dimensions | 5.43 x 1 x 8.5 inches |
| Item Weight | 1 pounds |
| Print length | 240 pages |
| Publication date | November 26, 2024 |
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