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The Sand-Reckoner by Bradshaw, Gillian is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Sand-Reckoner about?
From Publishers Weekly Armed with just a few antique facts, Bradshaw ably recreates the extraordinary life of Archimedes, the great mathematician and engineer who built sophisticated weapons during the first Punic War. Archimedes lived in the Greek city of Syracuse from 287 to 212 B.C., except for a brief but glorious youthful stint in Alexandria, the hub of intellectual life in the classical age. Surrounded by men who share his genius for geometry, the absentminded Archimedes becomes intoxicated by numbers, often scribbling diagrams on tablecloths and staring for hours into a box of sand to calculate grains. After three years, he begrudgingly returns to his hometown with his slave, Marcus, to find his father dying and his city at war with the Romans. Putting his engineering skills to use for the army, Archimedes builds bigger and better catapults, and he is soon being courted for his talent by the good King Hieron. Jealous co-workers and an unexpected betrayal shadow Archimedes's rise to fame as the Archimechanic. But Syracuse is winning the war because of his inventions, and King Hieron gives him the royal treatment in an effort to keep him from accepting a job offer from King P
Who reads The Sand-Reckoner?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Bradshaw, Gillian
- Publisher
- Paw Prints
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Romance
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (600 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13