Jaeger, Mary (1960-....)

Archimedes and the Roman imagination [Texte imprimé] / Mary Jaeger - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, cop. 2011 - 1 vol. (IX-230 p.) ; 24 cm

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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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Mathematicians--Greece--Biography Mathematics, Ancient

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