Archimedes and the Roman imagination

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Autor principal: Jaeger, Mary, 1960-
Autor corporatiu: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008.
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Taula de continguts:
  • 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.