<p>2018 Reprint of 1962 Edition.&nbsp; Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.&nbsp; Illustrated Edition.&nbsp; With such inventions as the compound pulley and the Archimedean screw he provided the foundation for the sciences of mechanics and hydrostatics.&nbsp; And his original work as a geometrician gave modern geometry many of its basic tools.&nbsp; In a biography full of lively incidents Bendick introduces Archimedes mathematician inventor and great pioneer of modern scientific method.&nbsp; Jeanne Bendick through text and pictures manages to bring to life this famed mathematician who so influenced all later science.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Contents:</strong></p><p>Who was Archimedes? -- The world of Archimedes -- Alexandria! -- Archimedes and his lever -- Archimedes and Kin Heiro&#39;s crown -- Archimedes and astronomy -- Archimedes and mathematics -- The measurement of a circle -- Archimedes and numbers -- Archimedes and the centers of gravity -- The sphere and the cylinder -- The war machines of Archimedes -- The end of Archimedes -- No end to Archimedes -- Archimedes&#39; writings.</p>
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