Greek Mathematical Works, Volume I

Thales to Euclid

Ivor Thomas

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Harvard Uni.Press Academi
16 January 1991

Literary essays; History; Mathematics; History of science; Ancient Greek

Series: Loeb Classical Library

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The wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I 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; 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, etc.); Aristotle (the infinite, the lever); Euclid.

Volume II (Loeb Classical Library no. 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; algebra: Diophantus (determinate and indeterminate equations); the revival of geometry: Pappus.

Translated by: Ivor Thomas
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: No 335
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 108mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 354g
ISBN: 9780674993693
ISBN 10: 0674993691
Series: Loeb Classical Library
Pages: 521
Publication Date: 16 January 1991
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active