Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity

This book is at once an analytical study of one of the most important mathematical texts of antiquity, the Mathematical Collection of the fourth-century AD mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, and also an examination of the work's wider cultural setting. This is one of very few books to deal extensively with the mathematics of Late Antiquity. It sees Pappus' text as part of a wider context and relates it to other contemporary cultural practices and opens new avenues to research into the public understanding of mathematics and mathematical disciplines in antiquity.

Author: Serafina Cuomo
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 03/09/2000
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.78h x 5.60w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780521642118

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2001 pg. 1305

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