Menelaus' Spherics : : early translation and al-Mahani, al-Harawi's version / / by Roshdi Rashed and Athanase Papadopoulos

• Autore: Rāshid Rushdī
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, [Germany] ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : De Gruyter, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (888 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 516.362
• Soggetto topico: Geodesics (Mathematics); Sphere; Geometry, Differential; Curves on surfaces - Mathematical models; Surfaces - Mathematical models
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): PapadopoulosAthanase
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- FOREWORD -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1: MENELAUS AND HIS WRITINGS -- CHAPTER 2: THE REDACTION OF THE SPHERICS BY AL-MĀHĀNĪ AND AL-HARAWĪ -- CHAPTER 3: AN ELEVENTH-CENTURY WITNESS OF THE TRANSLATIONS OF THE SPHERICS: IBN HŪD -- EDITION AND TRANSLATION OF MENELAUS’ PROPOSITIONS QUOTED IN IBN HŪD’S ENCYCLOPEDIA -- CHAPTER 1: THE MATHEMATICAL CONTENT OF THE SPHERICS -- CHAPTER 2: THE PROPOSITIONS -- CHAPTER 1: THE SPHERICS: A FRAGMENT OF AN ANCIENT TRANSLATION -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION -- CHAPTER 2. THE SPHERICS: THE VERSION OF AL-MĀHĀNĪ AND AL-HARAWĪ -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION -- POSTFACE: SPHERICAL GEOMETRY: A FEW MARKERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ARABIC-ENGLISH GLOSSARY -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF WORKS -- INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus’ Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader will find here, for the first time edited and translated into English, the essentials of this tradition, namely: a fragment of an early Arabic translation and the first Arabic redaction of the Spherics composed by al-Māhānī /al-Harawī, together with a historical and mathematical study of Menelaus’ treatise. With this book, a new and important part of the Greek and Arabic legacy to the history of mathematics comes to light. This book will be an indispensable acquisition for any reader interested in the history of Ancient geometry and science and, more generally, in Greek and Arabic science and culture.
• Titolo autorizzato: Menelaus' Spherics
• ISBN: 3-11-056987-6; 3-11-057142-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910467323803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Scientia Graeco-Arabica ; ; Band 21.