The Works of Archimedes : Volume I: The Two Books on the Sphere and the Cylinder & Volume 2: On Spirals

by: Netz, R.

Price: 247,00 EURO

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This 2 volumes set contains the following titles:

The Works of Archimedes. Volume I: The Two Books on the Sphere and the Cylinder

by: Netz, R.
ISBN-13: 9780521661607 / 978-0-521-66160-7
ISBN-10: 0521661609 / 0-521-66160-9
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2004
Publication Place: Cambridge
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 375
Book Condition: Very good
Comments: Out of Print as Hardback

The works translated here--the two books On the Sphere and Cylinder--were a source of great pride for Archimedes, the greatest scientist of antiquity. Accompanying this translation is the first scientific edition of the diagrams, which incorporates new information from the recently discovered Archimedes Palimpsest. The volume also includes the first English translation of Eutocius's commentary. Reviel Netz's commentary analyzes Archimedes's work from contemporary research perspectives such as scientific style and the cognitive history of mathematical texts.

First fully-fledged English translation of these masterpieces by the greatest scientist of antiquity
The scientific edition of the diagrams and the running commentary provided put the work at the forefront of the contemporary history of science
Includes a translation of the Commentary by Eutocius, which contains some of the most valuable information we possess on the history of Greek mathematics

Table of Contents
Introduction
Translation and Commentary: On Sphere and Cylinder Book I
On Sphere and Cylinder Book II
Eutocius' Commentary to On Sphere and Cylinder Book I
Eutocius' Commentary to On Sphere and Cylinder Book II
Bibliography
Index.

The Works of Archimedes: Translation and Commentary, Volume 2. On Spirals

by: Netz, R.
ISBN-13: 9780521661454 / 978-0-521-66145-4
ISBN-10: 0521661455 / 0-521-66145-5
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2017
Publication Place: Cambridge
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 202
Book Condition: New
 

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.

The first full English translation of the works of Archimedes, based on recent improvements in our knowledge of the text as a result of the Archimedes Palimpsest
This second volume covers Archimedes' thinking on the spiral, one of his most striking arguments
The detailed commentary offers an interpretation of Archimedes' scientific style and opens up new ways of thinking about the history of mathematics

Table of Contents
Introduction
Translation and commentary: On Spirals
Appendix: Pappus' collection IV.21-25
Scholia to On Spirals.

The Works of Archimedes : Volume I: The Two Books on the Sphere and the Cylinder & Volume 2: On Spirals

by: Netz, R.

• ISBN-13: 9780521661607 / 9780521661454
• ISBN-03: 0521661609 / 0521661455
• Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004

Price: 247,00 EURO

1 copy in stock