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Archimedes And The Roman Imagination by Mary Jaeger first published by the University of Michigan Press in 2008.
Archimedes And The Roman Imagination rises from two sources: "a long-standing interest in teasing out what ancient literary descriptions of monuments tell us about the authors who describe them, figures whom I anachronistically imagine standing in front of each of these monuments and waving widely at a camera..." Mary Jaeger wrote in her preface & acknowledgments. "The second point of origin is a fascination - and frustration - of even longer standing, with one of the realities we face when studying figures from the ancient world, especially those about whom we know very little..."
The great mathematician Archimedes, a Sicilian Greek whose machines defended Syracuse against the Romans during the 2nd Punic War, was killed by a Roman sources. Archimedes' story becomes a locus where writers explore the intersection of Roman & Greek culture.
Mary Jaeger has provided insight into the construction of the narrative about the Roman conquest of the Greek world & the Greek cultural invasion of Rome... Mary Jaeger is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Oregon & author of Livy's Written Rome.
Billy Durant: creator of General Motors by Lawrence R. Gustin first published by the University of Michigan Press in 2008. This is the fascinating story of the flamboyant genius who helped lead America into the automobile age. This title explains Billy Durant's powerful influence on the auto industry. Unfortunately, Durant's impact was forgotten for decades.
Lawrence Gustin interviewed Durant's widow, two of Durant's personal secretaries & other who had known & worked with the man who created General Motors...
Lawrence R. Gustin was a writer & editor for 23 years at the Flint (Mich.) Journal. In 1973 he wrote the 1st edition of Billy Durant, which won the McKean Memorial Cup for historical research from the Antique Automobile Club of America...
Archimedes And The Roman Imagination by Mary Jaeger first published by the University of Michigan Press in 2008.Archimedes And The Roman Imagination rises from two sources: "a long-standing interest in teasing out what ancient literary descriptions of monuments tell us about the authors who describe them, figures whom I anachronistically imagine standing in front of each of these monuments and waving widely at a camera..." Mary Jaeger wrote in her preface & acknowledgments. "The second point of origin is a fascination - and frustration - of even longer standing, with one of the realities we face when studying figures from the ancient world, especially those about whom we know very little..."
The great mathematician Archimedes, a Sicilian Greek whose machines defended Syracuse against the Romans during the 2nd Punic War, was killed by a Roman sources. Archimedes' story becomes a locus where writers explore the intersection of Roman & Greek culture.
Mary Jaeger has provided insight into the construction of the narrative about the Roman conquest of the Greek world & the Greek cultural invasion of Rome... Mary Jaeger is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Oregon & author of Livy's Written Rome.
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Billy Durant: creator of General Motors by Lawrence R. Gustin first published by the University of Michigan Press in 2008. This is the fascinating story of the flamboyant genius who helped lead America into the automobile age. This title explains Billy Durant's powerful influence on the auto industry. Unfortunately, Durant's impact was forgotten for decades. Lawrence Gustin interviewed Durant's widow, two of Durant's personal secretaries & other who had known & worked with the man who created General Motors...
Lawrence R. Gustin was a writer & editor for 23 years at the Flint (Mich.) Journal. In 1973 he wrote the 1st edition of Billy Durant, which won the McKean Memorial Cup for historical research from the Antique Automobile Club of America...
