| Description |
1 online resource (888 pages). |
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text file PDF |
| Series |
Scientia Graeco-Arabica ; 21
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Scientia Graeco-Arabica ; 21.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER 1: MENELAUS AND HIS WRITINGS -- CHAPTER 2: THE REDACTION OF THE SPHERICS BY AL-MĀHĀNĪ AND AL-HARAWĪ -- CHAPTER 3: AN ELEVENTH-CENTURY WITNESS OF THE TRANSLATIONS OF THE SPHERICS: IBN HŪD -- EDITION AND TRANSLATION OF MENELAUS' PROPOSITIONS QUOTED IN IBN HŪD'S ENCYCLOPEDIA -- PART II: MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY -- CHAPTER 1: THE MATHEMATICAL CONTENT OF THE SPHERICS -- CHAPTER 2: THE PROPOSITIONS -- PART III: TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS -- CHAPTER 1: THE SPHERICS: A FRAGMENT OF AN ANCIENT TRANSLATION -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION: Menelaus' Treatise on the Spherics -- CHAPTER 2: THE SPHERICS: THE VERSION OF AL-MĀHĀNĪ AND AL-HARAWĪ -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION: The Treatise of Menelaus on the Spherical Figures -- POSTFACE: SPHERICAL GEOMETRY: A FEW MARKERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ARABIC-ENGLISH GLOSSARY -- INDEXES. |
| Summary |
Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus' Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English. |
| Subject |
Menelaus, of Alexandria.
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Menelaus, of Alexandria. |
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Geodesics (Mathematics)
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Geodesics (Mathematics) |
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Sphere.
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Sphere. |
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Geometry, Differential.
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Geometry, Differential. |
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Curves on surfaces -- Mathematical models.
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Curves on surfaces -- Mathematical models. |
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Curves on surfaces. |
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Surfaces -- Mathematical models.
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Surfaces -- Mathematical models. |
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Surfaces. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Papadopoulos, Athanase, author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9783110571431 |
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Print version: 9783110569872 |
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Print version: 9783110568233 |
| ISBN |
9783110569872 (electronic book) |
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3110569876 (electronic book) |
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9783110571424 |
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3110571420 |
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9783110568233 |
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3110568233 |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9783110571424 |
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