Archimedes and the Roman imagination [electronic resource] / Mary Jaeger.

By: Jaeger, Mary, 1960-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008Description: ix, 230 pSubject(s): Archimedes | Mathematicians -- Greece -- Biography | Mathematics, AncientGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 510.92 | B LOC classification: QA29.A7 | J34 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
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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. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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