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Below are some books about Archimedes in English.

The Works of Archimedes
edited by T. L. Heath (1861-1940)

Dover Publications, Inc.
New York, NY, U.S.A. [2002]
clxxvi+326 pages; supplement, 52 pages : illustrations : 21.5 cm tall

Unabriged republication of The Works of Archimedes (1897) and The Method of Archimedes (1912). Both works were edited by Thomas Little Heath and published by The Cambridge University Press. This book is the best source of the complete works of Archimedes in English.

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ISBN: 0-486-42084-1 (paperback)


The Works of Archimedes
edited by T. L. Heath (1861-1940)

Elibron Classics.
www.elibron.com [2001]
517 pages : illustrations : 21.5 cm tall

Replica of The Works of Archimedes (1897) edited by Thomas Little Heath and published by The Cambridge University Press. This replica does not contain Heath's The Method of Archimedes (1912), as does the Dover publication above.

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Archimedes
by E.J. Dijksterhuis (Eduard Jan), (1892-1965) ;
translated by C. Dikshoorn ;
with a new bibliographic essay by Wilbur R. Knorr (1945-1997)

Princeton University Press
Princeton, N.J., U.S.A. [1987]
457 pages : illustrations : 25 cm tall
Includes bibliography (pp. 417-418) and index (pp. 452-455)

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ISBN: 0-691-08421-1
ISBN: 0-691-02400-6 (paperback)


Archimedes in the Middle Ages
edited by Marshall Clagett (1916-2005)

In 5 volumes : Texts in Latin and English : 26 cm tall

Vol. 1: Series: The University of Wisconsin Publications in Medieval Science: 6
University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A. [1964]

Vol. 2-5: Series: Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society
v. 117, 125, 137, 157
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
[1976, 1978, 1980, 84]

Volume 1: The Arabo-Latin tradition
  The University of Wisconsin Press [1964]
  (Publications in Medieval Science: 6. 720 pp. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 62-7218)

Volume 2: The translations from the Greek by William of Moerbeke
  Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 117 [1976]
  (In two books. 566 pp. ISBN 0-87169-117-5)

   Part I: Introduction
   Part II: Text
   Part III: Variant readings, commentary, diagram, and indexes
Volume 3: The fate of the medieval Archimedes 1300-1565
  Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 125 [1978]
  (In three books. 1582 pp. ISBN 0-87169-125-6)

   Part I: The Moerbeke translations of Archimedes at Paris in the fourteenth century
   Part II: The Arabo-Latin and handbook traditions of Archimedes in the fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries
   Part III: The medieval Archimedes in the renaissance, 1450-1565
   Part IV: Appendixes, bibliography, diagrams, and indexes
Volume 4: A supplement on the medieval Latin traditions of conic sections (1150-1566)
  Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 137 [1980]
  (In two books. 566 pp. ISBN 0-87169-137-X)

   Part I: Texts and analysis
   Part II: Bibliography, diagrams, and indexes
Volume 5: Quasi-Archimedean geometry in the thirteenth century
  Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Volume 157 [1984]
  (In two books. 716 pp. ISBN 0-87169-157-4)

   Part I-III: Texts and analysis
   Part IV: Appendixes
   Part V: Bibiliography, diagrams, indexes

Archimedes the Engineer
by Dennis L. Simms

in History of Technology: Volume 17
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd
London, U.K. [1995], pages 45-111.

This 67-page article contains a wealth of information on Archimedes and the stories surrounding him.

ISBN: 0-720-12284-8

A list of journal articles by Dennis Simms on Archimedes is available on this site.


Archimedes, the Center of Gravity, and the First Law of Mechanics
by Andre Koch Torres Assis

Aperion Publishers
Montreal, Canada [2008]
ix+187 pages : illustrations : 23 cm tall
Includes bibliography (p. 187)

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This book can also be downloaded from Professor Assis’s homepage as a PDF.

ISBN: 978-0-9732911-6-2


Archimedes and the Roman Imagination
by Mary Jaeger

The University of Michigan Press
Ann Arbor, USA [2008]
xiv+230 pages : 24 cm tall
Includes bibliography (pp. 209-223) and index (pp. 225-230)

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ISBN: 978-0-472-11630-0


The books listed below are mainly for young readers.

Archimedes: What Did He Do Besides Cry Eureka?
by Sherman Stein

The Mathematical Association of America (Incorporated)
Washington, DC, U.S.A. [1999]
155 pages in paperback : illustrations : 23 cm tall
Includes bibliography (pp. 149-152) and index (pp. 153-155)

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ISBN: 0-88385-718-9


Eureka Man: The Life and Legacy of Archimedes
by Alan Hirshfeld

Walker Publishing Company
New York, NY, U.S.A. [2009]
viii+243 pages: illustrations and photographs (some in color) : 22 cm tall
Includes bibliography (pp. 215-228) and index (pp. 231-242)

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ISBN: 978-0-8027-1618-7


Archimedes: Mathematical Genius of the Ancient World
by Mary Gow

Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Berkeley Heights, NJ, U.S.A. [2005]
Great Minds of Science series
128 pages : illustrations : 24 cm tall
Includes bibliography (p. 126) and index (pp. 127-128)

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ISBN: 0-7660-2502-0


Archimedes: Greatest Scientist of the Ancient World
by D. C. Ipsen

Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Hillside, NJ, U.S.A. [1988]
64 pages : illustrations : 24 cm tall
Includes bibliography (p. 62) and index (pp. 63-64)

This book is out of print. You may be able to find it at a used book outlet, such as Bibliofind.

ISBN: 0-89490-161-3


Archimedes
by Peter Lafferty

The Bookwright Press
New York, NY, U.S.A. [1991]
48 pages : illustrations (some in color), map : 26 cm tall
Pioneers of Science series
Includes bibliography (p. 47) and index (p. 48)

This book is out of print. You may be able to find it at a used book outlet, such as Bibliofind.

ISBN: 0-531-18403-X


Archimedes and the Door of Science
by Jeanne Bendick

Bethlehem Books/Ignatius Press
Warsaw, ND, U.S.A. [1995]
(Slightly revised by the publisher from the edition published by
Franklin Watts, Inc., New York [1962])
142 pages in paperback : illustrations by the author : maps : 22 cm tall
Includes index (pp. 137-142)

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ISBN: 1-883937-12-4


The Sand-Reckoner
by Gillian Bradshaw

A Forge Book
Published by Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
New York, NY, U.S.A. [2000]
352 pages : 22 cm tall

A fictional story of the life of Archimedes at the beginning of the First Punic War, when he was in his twenties.

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ISBN: 0-312-87340-9


Archimedes & The Fulcrum
by Paul Strathern

Arrow Books
London, U.K. [1998]
The Big Idea series
96 pages in paperback : illustrations : 20 cm tall

ISBN: 0-09-923812-8


The Quest of Archimedes
by Tad Harvey
Illustrated by Sam Wisnom

Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Garden city, NY, U.S.A. [1962]
98 pages : illustrations : 24 cm tall

This book is out of print. You may be able to find it at a used book outlet, such as Bibliofind.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 60-12175


The Life and Times of Archimedes
by Susan Zannos

Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Hockessin, DE, U.S.A. [2005]
48 pages : illustrations : 24 cm tall

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ISBN: 1-58415-242-7


Archimedes, Mathematician and Inventor
by Martin Gardner (1914-2010)

The MacMillan Company
New York, NY, U.S.A. [1965]
Science Story Library
42 pages : illustrations : 24 cm tall

This book is out of print. You may be able to find it at a used book outlet, such as Bibliofind.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 65-10176


The Greatest Mathematician: Archimedes and His Eureka! Moment
by Paul Hightower

Enslow Publisher, Inc.
Berkeley Heights, NJ, U.S.A. [2010]
Great Minds of Ancient Science and Mathematics series
128 pages : illustrations and photographs (most in color) : 24 cm tall

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ISBN: 0-7660-3408-9


Archimedes, Famous Greek Mathematician
by Susan Keating
Illustrated by Stefano Tartarotti

Mason Crest Publishers
Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. [2003]
Great Names series
31 pages : illustrations : 34 cm tall

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ISBN: 1-59084-152-2


Archimedes Takes a Bath
by Joan M. Lexau
Illustrated by Salvatore Murdocca

Thomas Y. Crowell Company
New York, NY, U.S.A. [1969]
56 pages : illustrations : 23 cm tall

This book is out of print. You may be able to find it at a used book outlet, such as Bibliofind.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 69-11084


Archimedes and his Wonderful Discoveries
by Arthur Jonas
Illustrated by Aliki

Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, U.S.A. [1963]
70 pages : illustrations : 21 cm tall

This book is out of print. You may be able to find it at a used book outlet, such as Bibliofind.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 63-10247


Mr. Archimedes' Bath
by Pamela Allen

Bluegum paperback edition by HarperCollinsPublishers [1991]
First published by William Collins Pty Ltd [1980]
30 pages : illustrations (some in color) : 26 cm tall

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ISBN: 0-207-17285- 4 (paperback)