Greek Mathematical Works, Volume I: Thales to Euclid
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| Management number | 236982876 | Release Date | 2026/07/10 | List Price | US$12.00 | Model Number | 236982876 | ||
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Elemental learning.The splendid achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works. Volume I (LCL 335) 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; the 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); Aristotle (the infinite, the lever); Euclid. Volume II (LCL 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 (mensuration); Diophantus (algebra, determinate and indeterminate equations); Pappus (the revival of geometry). Read more
| ISBN10 | 0674993691 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0674993693 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Dimensions | 4.25 x 1.1 x 6.37 inches |
| Item Weight | 10.4 ounces |
| Print length | 576 pages |
| Part of series | Loeb Classical Library: Greek Mathematical Works |
| Publication date | January 1, 1939 |
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