Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics /
GREEK MATHEMATICAL WORKS. The wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is illustrated in two volumes. 1. The divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation; arithmetical notation and operations, including square root and cube root; Pythagorean arithmetic including properties...
| Други автори: | Bulmer-Thomas, Ivor, 1905-1993. (Translator, tr.) |
|---|---|
| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English Ancient Greek |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1991.
|
| Серия: |
Loeb classical library ;
335, 362. |
| Предмети: | |
| Подобни документи: |
Online version::
Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics. Online version:: Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics. |
| Резюме: |
GREEK MATHEMATICAL WORKS. The wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is illustrated in two volumes. 1. The divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation; arithmetical notation and operations, including square root and cube root; Pythagorean arithmetic including properties of numbers; square root of 2; proportion and means; algabraic equations; Proclus; Thales; Pythagorean geometry; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; duplicating the cube and squaring the circle; trisecting angles; Theaetetus; Plato; Exodus of Cnidus (pyramid; cone, etc.); Aristotle (the infinite; the lever); Euclid. 2. Aristarchus (distances of sun and moon); Archimedes (cylinder, sphere, cubic equations; conoids; spheroids; spiral; expression of large numbers; mechanics; hydrostatics); Eratosthenes (measurement of the earth); Apollonius (conic sections and other works); later development of geometry; trigonometry (including Ptolmy's table of sines); mensuration - Heron of Alexandria; algebra - Diophantus (determinate and indeterminate equations); the revival of geometry - Pappus. |
|---|---|
| Описание на библ. документ: |
Includes indexes. Imprint varies. |
| Физически характеристики: |
2 v. : ill. ; 17 cm. |
| Библиография: |
1980 repr. includes bibliographical references to 1979 (v. 1, p. xvii-lii). |
| ISBN: |
0674993691 (v.1 American) 9780674993693 (v.1 American) 0434993352 (v.1 British) 9780434993352 (v.1 British) 0674993993 (v.2 American) 9780674993990 (v.2 American) 043499362X (v.2 British) 9780434993628 (v.2 British) |