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Excerpt from The Works of Archimedes: Edited in Modern Notation, With Introductory Chapters
After his return to Syracuse he~1ived a life entirely devoted to mathematical research. Incidentally he made himself famous by a variety of ingenious mechanical inventions. These things were however merely the diversions of geometry at play Jr, and be attached no importance to them. In the words of Plutarch, he possessed so high a spirit, so profound a soul, and such treasures of scientific knowledge that, though these inventions had obtained for him the renown of more than human sagacity, he yet would not deign to leave behind him any written work on such subjects, but, regarding as ignoble and sordid the business of mechanics and every sort of art which is directed to use and profit, he placed his whole ambition in those speculations in whose beauty and subtlety there Is no admixture of the common needs of lifei. In fact he wrote only one such mechanical book, On Sphere-making§, to which allusion will be made later.
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After his return to Syracuse he~1ived a life entirely devoted to mathematical research. Incidentally he made himself famous by a variety of ingenious mechanical inventions. These things were however merely the diversions of geometry at play Jr, and be attached no importance to them. In the words of Plutarch, he possessed so high a spirit, so profound a soul, and such treasures of scientific knowledge that, though these inventions had obtained for him the renown of more than human sagacity, he yet would not deign to leave behind him any written work on such subjects, but, regarding as ignoble and sordid the business of mechanics and every sort of art which is directed to use and profit, he placed his whole ambition in those speculations in whose beauty and subtlety there Is no admixture of the common needs of lifei. In fact he wrote only one such mechanical book, On Sphere-making§, to which allusion will be made later.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Archimedes Archimedes
Hardback
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ISBN - 9781528362757
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm
Page Count - 516
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ISBN - 9781331930099
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
Page Count - 518
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