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Archimedes and the Roman imagination

by Jaeger, Mary,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : University of Michigan Press, (Ann Arbor :) Physical details: ix, 230 p.
Subject(s): Archimedes. | Mathematicians -- Greece -- Biography. | Mathematics, Ancient. | Electronic books.
Year: 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-223) and index.

The "Eureka" story -- Cicero at Archimedes' tomb -- Why two spheres? -- The afterlife of the spheres from the De republica -- A sketch of events at Syracuse -- Who killed Archimedes? -- The defense of Syracuse -- Claudian on Archimedes -- Petrarch's Archimedes -- Conclusion -- Notes.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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