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Autore |
Archimedes |
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Titolo |
Works of Archimedes [[electronic resource]] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (881 p.) |
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Collana |
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Dover Books on Mathematics |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Geometry -- Early works to 1800 |
Mathematics, Greek |
Mechanics -- Early works to 1800 |
Geometry |
Mechanics |
Mathematics |
Physical Sciences & Mathematics |
Mathematics - General |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright page""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter I. archimedes""; ""Chapter II. manuscripts and principal editions�order of composition�dialect�lost works""; ""Chapter III. relation of archimedes to his predecessors""; "" 1. Use of traditional geometrical methods""; "" 2. Earlier discoveries affecting quadrature and cubature""; "" 3. Conic Sections""; "" 4. Surfaces of the second degree""; "" 5. Two mean proportionals in continued proportion""; ""Chapter IV. arithmetic in archimedes""; "" 1. Greek numeral system"" |
""On the equilibrium of planes, book II.""""The sand-reckoner""; ""Quadrature of the parabola""; ""On floating bodies, book I""; ""On floating bodies, book II""; ""Book of lemmas""; ""The cattle-problem.""; ""Supplement�the method of archimedes follows"" |
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The complete works of antiquity's great geometer appear here in a highly accessible English translation by a distinguished scholar. Remarkable for his range of thought and his mastery of treatment, |
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