The Works of Archimedes

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Focusing on the genius of Archimedes, this collection showcases his groundbreaking contributions to geometry, arithmetic, and mechanics. Renowned for inventions like the water-screw and catapults, Archimedes considered these merely playful diversions from geometry. The works included cover a range of topics, such as the measurement of circles, the ratio of areas between cylinders and spheres, and the properties of conoids and spirals. This volume features the classic translation by Thomas Heath, celebrating Archimedes as one of antiquity's greatest mathematicians.