Greek Mathematical Works, Volume I: Thales to Euclid

Elemental learning.The splendid achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I (LCL 335) contains the divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation; arithmetical notation and operations, including square root and cube root; Pythagorean arithmetic, including properties of numbers; the square root of 2; proportion and means; algebraic equations; Proclus; Thales; Pythagorean geometry; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; duplicating the cube and squaring the circle; trisecting angles; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus (pyramid, cone); Aristotle (the infinite, the lever); Euclid.Volume II (LCL 362) contains Aristarchus (distances of sun and moon); Archimedes (cylinder, sphere, cubic equations; conoids; spheroids; spiral; expression of large numbers; mechanics; hydrostatics); Eratosthenes (measurement of the earth); Apollonius (conic sections and other works); later development of geometry; trigonometry (including Ptolemy's table of sines); mensuration: Heron of Alexandria (mensuration); Diophantus (algebra, determinate and indeterminate equations); Pappus (the revival of geometry).

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Ivor Thomas (1905–1993; later surnamed Bulmer-Thomas) was a journalist, scholar, and Member of Parliament.

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• Autori: Thales
• Con la collaborazione di: Ivor Thomas (Traduzione), Thomas Ivor (Traduzione), I. Thomas (Traduzione)
• Editore: Harvard University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 01.07.1989
• Categoria: Libri scolastici > Didattica > Formazione professionale; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata
• EAN: 9780674993693
• ISBN: 978-0-674-99369-3
• Numero di pagine: 576
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 11 x 17 x 3 cm
• Serie: Loeb Classical Library; Loeb Classical Library; Loeb Classical Library *CONTINS TO [e-mail]
• Categorie: Algebra, Archimedes, Essays, Plato, SCIENCE / History, Mathematics, SCIENCE / Essays, MATHEMATICS / Essays, History of Science, Literary essays, Eratosthenes, Aristotle, Proclus, Trigonometry, Conic Sections, Euclid, Greek mathematics, Pythagorean mathematics, Apollonius, Ancient Science, mathematical history, Loeb Classical Library, Diophantus, Aristarchus, Pappus, Mensuration, ancient mathematics, greek education, Heron of Alexandria, Greek arithmetic, Greek geometry, Mathematical works