Archimedes: What Did He Do Besides Cry Eureka?
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عنوان ژورنال: Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1549-4497,1549-4470
DOI: 10.33137/aestimatio.v2i0.25737