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The Circles of Archimedes
Padraic Fallon
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Description for The Circles of Archimedes
Hardcover. Archimedes enjoyed from childhood a natural communion with Artemis, Goddess of the Moon and protector of his city-state. This book takes us on a pilgrimage to Eleusis, to Thermopylae, and to Alexandria and the Egypt of the Ptolemies. It demonstrates that the wisdom of the ancients is central to the search for truths about ourselves and our cosmos. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 222 x 32. Weight in Grams: 532.
The ghost of the Greek mathematician Archimedes breaks the silence of the night. He speaks of a cosmic discovery, one that sprang from the ancient symbol of the circle, and relates a mystery of his death. A lone figure of the modern era listens, conjured into a Hellenistic world of philosophy and war while, in the parallel dimension of today's world, he discovers a harsh mystery of his own. The Ancient Greek search for truth and the love of proportion come to life as Archimedes evokes the enigma of pi and the circle, and the events of his life that ... Read more
The ghost of the Greek mathematician Archimedes breaks the silence of the night. He speaks of a cosmic discovery, one that sprang from the ancient symbol of the circle, and relates a mystery of his death. A lone figure of the modern era listens, conjured into a Hellenistic world of philosophy and war while, in the parallel dimension of today's world, he discovers a harsh mystery of his own. The Ancient Greek search for truth and the love of proportion come to life as Archimedes evokes the enigma of pi and the circle, and the events of his life that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847771049
SKU
V9781847771049
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-33
About Padraic Fallon
Padraic Fallon was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1946, the sixth and youngest son of the poet and playwright Padraic Fallon. He is chairman of an international financial publishing company whose headquarters are in London, and is a director of one of the largest UK newspaper groups. He was awarded the Wincott Special Award for outstanding financial journalism in 1981. ... Read more
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