The works of Archimedes :: translated into English, together with Eutocius' commentaries, with commentary, and critical edition of the diagrams. Vol. 1, The two books 'On the sphere and the cylinder' /

Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. This book is Volume I of the first authoritative translation of his works into English. It is also the first publication of a major ancient Greek mathematician to include a critical edition of the diagrams and th...

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1. Verfasser: Archimedes
Weitere Verfasser: Netz, Reviel, Eutocius, of Ascalon
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Ancient Greek
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Zusammenfassung:Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. This book is Volume I of the first authoritative translation of his works into English. It is also the first publication of a major ancient Greek mathematician to include a critical edition of the diagrams and the first translation into English of Eutocius' ancient commentary on Archimedes. Furthermore, it is the first work to offer recent evidence based on the Archimedes Palimpsest, the major source for Archimedes, lost between 1915 and 1998. A commentary on the translated text studies the cognitive practice assumed in writing and reading the work, and it is Reviel Netz's aim to recover the original function of the text as an act of communication. Particular attention is paid to the aesthetic dimension of Archimedes' writings. Taken as a whole, the commentary offers a groundbreaking approach to the study of mathematical texts.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 375 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370) and index.
ISBN:0511195656
9780511195655
0511192142
9780511192142

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