Archimedes in the 21st Century
Proceedings of a World Conference at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Editors: Rorres, Chris (Ed.)
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- Explores the enduring and continuing influence of Archimedes in the 21st century
- Chapters written by mathematicians, scientists, and engineers with a focus on modern applications
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- About this book
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This book is a collection of papers presented at the “Archimedes in the 21st Century” world conference, held at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in 2013. This conference focused on the enduring and continuing influence of Archimedes in our modern world, celebrating his centuries of influence on mathematics, science, and engineering.
Archimedes planted the seeds for a myriad of seminal ideas that would grow over the ages. Each chapter surveys the growth of one or more of these seeds, and the fruit that they continue to bear to this day. The conference speakers contributing to this book are actively involved in STEM fields whose origins trace back to Archimedes, many of whom have conducted and published research that extends Archimedes’ work into the 21st century. The speakers are not historians, so while historical context is provided, this book is uniquely focused on the works themselves as opposed to their history.
The breadth and depth of Archimedes’ influence will inspire, delight, and even surprise readers from a variety of fields and interests including historians, mathematicians, scientists, and engineers. Only a modest background in math is required to read this book, making it accessible to curious readers of all ages.
- About the authors
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Chris Rorres is a Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Drexel University in Philadelphia. He has studied and extended the works of Archimedes for more than 40 years, and is considered one of the world's leading experts on the subject.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Archimedes the Pragmatic Engineer
Pages 1-19
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Archimedes the Military Engineer
Pages 21-39
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Archimedes the Geometer
Pages 41-61
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Archimedes the Mathematician
Pages 63-76
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Archimedes and Ship Design
Pages 77-112
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Archimedes in the 21st Century
- Book Subtitle
- Proceedings of a World Conference at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- Editors
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- Chris Rorres
- Series Title
- Trends in the History of Science
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Basel
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-58059-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-58059-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-58058-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-86312-2
- Series ISSN
- 2297-2951
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVII, 160
- Number of Illustrations
- 24 b/w illustrations, 103 illustrations in colour
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