Archimedes
fulcrum of science
- ISBN: 9781789149227
- Editorial: Reaktion Books Ltd.
- Fecha de la edición: 2024
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Colección: Great Lives of the Ancient World
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 240
- Idiomas: Inglés
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.
Half-title Page
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Note
Chronology
Prologue
1. Engineer
2. Mathematician
3. Legacy
References
Suggested Reading
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
