Archimedes
Subtitle: genius mathematician
By: Mary Gow
Series: Genius scientists and their genius ideas
Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766065307
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Mathematicians; Biography; Ancient Mathematics; Mathematics; Study and teaching (Elementary)
Notes: Previously published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Grades 4-6.
Table of contents: title: "Treasures of scientific knowledge"; title: The son of Phidias; title: Alexandria and mathematics; title: The law of the lever; title: "Eureka!" Archimedes' principle; title: Circles and spheres; title: Math at play; title: Archimedes' inventions; title: The Siege of Syracuse; title: The Archimedes palimpsest; title: Activities; title: Chronology.