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Archimedes: Fulcrum of Science

by Archimedes: Fulcrum of Science

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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.

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  • Reaktion Books Brand
  • Nov 26, 2024 Pub Date:
  • 9781789149227 ISBN-13:
  • 1789149223 ISBN-10:
  • English Language
  • 8.5 in * 0.9 in * 5.43 in Dimensions:
  • 1 lb Weight: