Works of Archimedes - Edited in Modern Notation With Introductory Chapters

Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Introduction: 1. Archimedes; 2. Manuscripts and principle editions; 3. Relation of Archimedes to his predecessors; 4. Arithmetic in Archimedes; 5. On the problem known as neuseis; 6. Cubic equations; 7. Anticipations by Archimedes of the integral calculus; 8. The terminology of Archimedes; Part II. The Works of Archimedes: 1. On the sphere and cylinder; 2. Measurement of a circle; 3. On conoids and spheroids; 4. On spirals; 5. On the equilibrium of planes; 6. The sand-reckoner; 7. Quadrature of the parabola; 8. On floating bodies; 9. Book of lemmas; 10. The cattle-problem.

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• Authors: Archimedes , Archimedes
• Assisted by: Thomas L. Heath (Editor), Heath Thomas L. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2009
• EAN: 9781108006156
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00615-6
• No. of pages: 520
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; MATHEMATICS / General, Mathematics