Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 08:28:27 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Soci=E9t=E9_de_Calcul_Math=E9matique_SA?= <morgane.borges@orange.fr> To: Doc <doc@freebsd.org> Subject: Archimedes' Modern Works Message-ID: <13CAEODH-Z8E-BESU-AZBQ-BLNKAHGHPQYX@orange.fr>
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Dear Colleagues, Archimedes died more than 2 200 years ago=2E Most people think that, even i= f he is considered to be one of the greatest geniuses of all time, everything he did, no matter how clever he was, has been long ago incorpora= ted by modern science, and that he belongs to the past=2E But this is not true at all, as this book shows=2E Two main ideas, namely w= hat we call "Archimedes Maps" and what he called himself "the Method", lead to completely new approaches to modern day scientific and social probl= ems, with far more powerful tools than the ones which were later produced b= y other means=2E Archimedes Maps are the key to many of our modern concerns: optimal allocat= ion of resources, monitoring and surveillance=2E Lost for more than 2 000 years, the "Weighing Method" provides - when corre= ctly understood - extremely efficient tools in various areas of mathematics= and physics: probability theory, optics, systems of polynomial equations, nondestructive= testing, and many others=2E In order to learn more about the book and see an order form, please see: http://scmsa=2Eeu/archives/SCM_AMW_order=2Ehtm In order to see the readers' comments, including the two reviews recently p= ublished by the Bulletin, Irish Math=2E Society, please see: http://scmsa=2Eeu/archives/AMW_Readers_comments=2Epdf The book can be bought on line=2E Thank you for your interest Prof=2E Bernard Beauzamy Chairman and CEO, Societe de Calcul Mathematique SA 111 Faubourg St Honor=E9 75008 Paris - France +33 1=2E42=2E89=2E08=2E91 assistante@scmsa=2Eeu **** If you do not wish to be kept informed about our activities, please send an email to assistante@scmsa=2Eeu subject: remove
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