The Works of Archimedes: Volume 2, On Spirals : Translation and Commentary
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Archimedes
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521661455
ISBN-13
9780521661454
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 15th, 2017
Print length
212 Pages
Weight
552 grams
Dimensions
18.30 x 25.40 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500Philosophy of mathematics
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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. Based on a reconsideration of the Greek text and diagrams, it includes extensive and insightful comments on Archimedes' scientific style.
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 dazzling geometrical tours de force, suggesting a manner of ''squaring the circle'' and, along the way, introducing the attractive geometrical object of the spiral. The form of argument, no less than the results themselves, is striking, and Reviel Netz contributes extensive and insightful comments that focus on Archimedes'' scientific style, making this volume indispensable for scholars of classics and the history of science, and of great interest for the scientists and mathematicians of today.
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