The Works of Archimedes: Volume 1, the Two Books on the Sphere and the Cylinder: Translation and Commentary

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.

Author: Archimedes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 07/30/2009
Pages: 388
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.36lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780521117982

About the Author
Netz, Reviel: - Reviel Netz is Assistant Professor of Classics at Stanford University. He is the author of The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics (1999; 0521 62279 4), which was a joint winner of the Runciman Award for 2000.

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