Eureka man
Subtitle: the life, legend, and legacy of Archimedes
By: Alan Hirshfeld.
Publisher: Walker
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780802716187
Subjects: Archimedes -- Biography; Scientists -- Greece -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The essential Archimedes; title: The stormy sea; title: Euclidean fantasies; title: Number games; title: Eureka man; title: The science of fear; title: The voice beneath the page; title: A bridge across time; title: The parchment brothers; title: Leo's library; title: Resurrection and light; title: Gentleman and scoundrel; title: The French connection; title: Sweetest sustenance of souls.