| The Works of Archimedes: Volume 1, the Two Books on the Sphere and the Cylinder: Translation and Commentary Contributor(s): Archimedes (Author), Netz, Reviel (Editor), Netz, Reviel (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0521117984 ISBN-13: 9780521117982 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $55.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: Volume I of the first authoritative translation of Archimedes' works into English. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical - Mathematics | History & Philosophy - Mathematics | Geometry - General |
| Dewey: 510 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (1.36 lbs) 388 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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's commentary. Reviel Netz's commentary analyzes Archimedes's work from contemporary research perspectives such as scientific style and the cognitive history of mathematical texts. |
