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128 pp.
| Enslow
| October, 2010
|
LibraryISBN 978-0-7660-3119-7$31.93
(4)
YA
Great Minds of Ancient Science and Math series.
These dry but useful biographies explain their subjects' contributions during their own times, then discuss the men's later influence--or limitations, as with Euclidian geometry. Carefully documented facts are distinguished from legend and augmented with contextual material, such as information about Socrates in Plato and Aristotle. Captioned photos and a few diagrams illustrate the texts; brief activity sections are appended. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Great Minds of Ancient Science and Math titles: The Father of Geometry, The Great Philosopher, and The Great Thinker.