| Description |
1 online resource (x, 375 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370) and index. |
| Summary |
Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. This book is Volume I of the first authoritative translation of his works into English. It is also the first publication of a major ancient Greek mathematician to include a critical edition of the diagrams and the first translation into English of Eutocius' ancient commentary on Archimedes. Furthermore, it is the first work to offer recent evidence based on the Archimedes Palimpsest, the major source for Archimedes, lost between 1915 and 1998. A commentary on the translated text studies the cognitive practice assumed in writing and reading the work, and it is Reviel Netz's aim to recover the original function of the text as an act of communication. Particular attention is paid to the aesthetic dimension of Archimedes' writings. Taken as a whole, the commentary offers a groundbreaking approach to the study of mathematical texts. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Translated from the Ancient Greek. |
| Subject |
Mathematics, Greek.
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Mathematics, Greek. |
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Geometry -- Early works to 1800.
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Geometry. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
| Subject |
Mechanics -- Early works to 1800.
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Mechanics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Early works.
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| Added Author |
Netz, Reviel.
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Eutocius, of Ascalon.
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| Added Title |
De sphaera et cylindro. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Archimedes. De sphaera et cylindro. English. Works of Archimedes. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2004 0521661609 (OCoLC)56541520 |
| ISBN |
0511195656 (electronic book) |
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9780511195655 (electronic book) |
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0511192142 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511192142 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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