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Books on Archimedes of Syracuse?
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Archimedes: mathematical genius, physicist, engineer, astronomer,
philosopher and STREAKER!!? :o "Eureka!" Hey if you found out that
the volume of an irregular object could be calculated by finding the volume of water displaced when the object was submerged in water then you would run down the street naked to! But seriously I only have this basic book titled "Archimedes by: Mary Gow". Does anyone have any other recommendations for books on Archimedes?
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There's the classical study by Dijksterhuis, simply called Archimedes. It's from 1938 but it has been reprinted several times; my copy is from 1987. Here is a link to Amazon.
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