Archimedes and the Door of Science
by Jeanne Bendick Author
A biography of this Greek mathematician and scientist, including sketches, explanations, and some experiments.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1883937124
- Print Status
- In Print
- Chapters
- 14
- Pages
- 145
- Suggested Grades
- 3rd - 12th
- Geographical Setting
- Greece
- Historical Setting
- 287 BC - 212 BC
- Publisher
- Franklin Watts, Inc.
- Copyright
- 1962
Chapters
- 1 Who Was Archimedes?
- 2 The World of Archimedes
- 3 Alexandria!
- 4 Archimedes and His Lever
- 5 Archimedes and King Hiero's Crown
- 6 Archimedes and Astronomy
- 7 Archimedes and Mathematics
- 8 The Measurement of a Circle
- 9 Archimedes and Numbers
- 10 Archimedes and the Centers of Gravity
- 11 The Sphere and the Cylinder
- 12 The War Machines of Archimedes
- 13 The End of Archimedes
- 14 No End to Archimedes
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