Archimedes in the 21st Century Proceedings of a World Conference at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Rorres, Chris (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2017.
• Σειρά: Trends in the History of Science,
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Mathematical and Computational Engineering.

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 inf...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Archimedes the Pragmatic Engineer
• Archimedes the Military Engineer
• Archimedes the Geometer
• Archimedes the Mathematician
• Archimedes and Ship Design.- Archimedes Screw in the 21st Century
• Archimedes, Astronomy, and the Planetarium
• Archimedes in the 21st Century Imagination.