The works of Archimedes /
Remarkable for his range of thought and his mastery of treatment, Archimedes addressed such topics as the famous problems of the ratio of the areas of a cylinder and an inscribed sphere; the measurement of a circle; the properties of conoids, spheroids, and spirals; and the quadrature of the parabol...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Mineola, N.Y. :
Dover Publications,
2002.
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| Summary: | Remarkable for his range of thought and his mastery of treatment, Archimedes addressed such topics as the famous problems of the ratio of the areas of a cylinder and an inscribed sphere; the measurement of a circle; the properties of conoids, spheroids, and spirals; and the quadrature of the parabola. This edition offers an informative introduction with many valuable insights into the ancient mathematician's life and thought as well as the views of his contemporaries. Modern mathematicians, physicists, science historians, and logicians will find this volume a source of timeless fascination. |
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| Item Description: | "Unabridged republication of the edition published by Cambridge University Press in 1897 under the title The works of Archimedes, edited in modern notation with introductory chapters, and of the supplement published by Cambridge University Press in 1912 under the title The method of Archimedes, recently discovered by Heiberg, a supplement to The works of Archimedes"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | clxxxvi, 326, 51 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | "List of the principal works consulted": pages xi-xii. |
| ISBN: | 0486420841 9780486420844 |