Myth of great thinkers: humanising Archimedes and Plato

Alice Rebecca König

Myth of great thinkers: humanising Archimedes and Plato

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Review of Plato: a civic life by Carol Atack (London: Reaktion Books, 2024) and of Archimedes: fulcrum of science by Nicholas Nicastro (London: Reaktion Books, 2024).

Original language	English
No.	6359
Specialist publication	TLS - The Times Literary Supplement
Publisher	TIMES SUPPLEMENTS LIMITED
Publication status	Published - 14 Feb 2025

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Myth of great thinkers: humanising Archimedes and Plato

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