{"product_id":"archimedes-fulcrum-of-science-9781789149227","title":"Archimedes: Fulcrum of Science","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bold reimagining of the Greek mathematician's singular life as a truly modern scientist.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Galileo, Leonardo, Newton, and Tesla revered him: Archimedes of Syracuse--an engineer who single-handedly defied the world's most powerful army and a mathematician who knew more in 212 BCE than all of Europe would know for the next seventeen centuries. In this bold reimagining, modern polymath Nicholas Nicastro shines a new light on Archimedes' life and work. Far from the aloof, physically inept figure of historical myth, Archimedes is revealed to be an ambitious, combative, and fiercely competitive man. A genius who challenged an empire, Archimedes emerges in this book as the world's first fully modern scientist--millennia before his intellectual descendants transformed our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNicholas Nicastro\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist and science writer with articles in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. His books include \u003ci\u003eCircumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878044668178,"sku":"9781789149227","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b82f755b-9c17-45cf-b0bf-fb5726de33e1.jpg?v=1738198770","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/archimedes-fulcrum-of-science-9781789149227","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}