Jaeger, Mary, 1960-
Archimedes and the Roman imagination [electronic resource] / Mary Jaeger. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008. - ix, 230 p.
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.
Archimedes.
Mathematicians--Greece--Biography.
Mathematics, Ancient.
Electronic books.
QA29.A7 / J34 2008eb
510.92 B
Archimedes and the Roman imagination [electronic resource] / Mary Jaeger. - Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2008. - ix, 230 p.
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.
Archimedes.
Mathematicians--Greece--Biography.
Mathematics, Ancient.
Electronic books.
QA29.A7 / J34 2008eb
510.92 B