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The Works of Archimedes, The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder: Translation and Commentary

By Archimedes , Reviel Netz

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0521661609, 9780521661607
LCC
QA31 .A692 2004
Open Library ID
OL22582518M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2124528 bytes)
Volume
Volume 1
Pages
387\387
Time added
2010-05-31 00:48:14
Библиотека;Жизнь выдающихся людей;Ученыедеятели науки;Архимедизобретатели

Description

The works translated here--The Two Books On the Sphere and Cylinder--were a source of great pride for Archimedes, the greatest scientist of antiquity. Accompanying this translation is the first scientific edition of the diagrams, which incorporates new information from the recently discovered Archimedes Palimpsest. The volume also includes the first English translation of Eutocius' commentary. Reviel Netz's commentary analyzes Archimedes' work from contemporary research perspectives such as scientific style and the cognitive history of mathematical texts.

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