Bibliograph

Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics, with an English translation by Ivor Thomas

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Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics, with an English translation by Ivor Thomas

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages xvii-lvi) and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

28162312

Responsibility statement

with an English translation by Ivor Thomas

Series statement

The Loeb classical library, 335, 362

Summary

The wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is illustrated in two volumes. 1. 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; algabraic equations; Proclus; Thales; Pythagorean geometry; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; duplicating the cube and squaring the circle; trisecting angles; Theaetetus; Plato; Exodus of Cnidus (pyramid; cone, etc.); Aristotle (the infinite; the lever); Euclid. 2. 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 Ptolmy's table of sines); mensuration - Heron of Alexandria; algebra - Diophantus (determinate and indeterminate equations); the revival of geometry - Pappus

Table Of Contents

v. 1. Thales to Euclid -- v. 2. Aristarchus to Pappus

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Greek mathematical works

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