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"A major contribution. Geymonat ensures that Archimedes will continue to be an example of mathematical genius for generations to come."--The Foreword by Zhores I. Alferov, Winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physics.
In this exclusive English edition of the elucidating and award-winning investigation of the life of the Greek Archimedes, Mario Geymonat provides fresh insights into one of the greatest minds in the history of humankind.
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In a museum in Baltimore, the oldest and most authentic copy of a collection of works by the brilliant Greek mathmetician Archimedes is being painstakingly restored. The manuscript had been cut up and written over to form a medieval prayer-book. Horizon reveals how scientists are using cutting-edge imaging techniques to unlock the astonishing secrets of this time capsule.
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Some of the greatest minds of science are profiled in a series of engaging portraits. On Giants' Shoulders Explore the greatest minds in the history of science with some of the top scientific thinkers of today. Archimedes Galileo Galilei Sir Isaac Newton Antoine Lavoisier Michael Faraday Charles Darwin Jules Henri Poincar Sigmund Freud Marie Curie Albert Einstein Francis Crick James Watson The story of science is the greatest adventure of the human...
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