Book ID: CBB000041416

Archimedes. Translated by C. Dikshoorn. With a new bibliographic essay by Knorr, Wilbur R. (1987)

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Dijksterhuis, E. J. (Author)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 1987
Physical Details: 457 pp.; illus.; bibl.; index

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Review Toomer, G.J. (1989) Review of "Archimedes. Translated by C. Dikshoorn. With a new bibliographic essay by Knorr, Wilbur R.". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 305-6). unapi

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Jansen, Monica
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