The Works of Archimedes: Volume 2, on Spirals: Translation and Commentary - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Archimedes, Reviel Netz (Editor), Reviel Netz (Translator)Publish date:2017-05-15Pages:212
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521661454ISBN-10:521661455UPC:9780521661454Book Category:Philosophy, MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & SurveysBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:10.16 x 7.36 x 0.71 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCB54CSW8B
This is the second volume of the first fully-fledged English translation of the works of Archimedes - antiquity's greatest scientist and one of the most important scientific figures in history. It covers On Spirals and is based on a reconsideration of the Greek text and diagrams, now made possible through new discoveries from the Archimedes Palimpsest. On Spirals is one of Archimedes' most...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cambridge University PressISBN-13:9780521661454ISBN-10:521661455UPC:9780521661454Book Category:Philosophy, MathematicsBook Subcategory:History & SurveysBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:10.16 x 7.36 x 0.71 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCB54CSW8B
Netz, Reviel: - Reviel Netz is Professor of Classics at Stanford University, California, and is the leading scholar of Archimedes today. He has published numerous articles and books, many of which have led to new directions in the study of the history of science, including The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics (Cambridge, 1999), The Transformation of Mathematics in the Early Mediterranean...
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