Archimedes

The Works of Archimedes

Herausgeber: Heath, Thomas L.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This classic 1897 text places Archimedes in historical context, presents his methods and discoveries, and provides translations of his writings.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 520
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9781108006156
• ISBN-10: 1108006159
• Artikelnr.: 29461338

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introduction: 1. Archimedes
2. Manuscripts and principle editions
3. Relation of Archimedes to his predecessors
4. Arithmetic in Archimedes
5. On the problem known as neuseis
6. Cubic equations
7. Anticipations by Archimedes of the integral calculus
8. The terminology of Archimedes
Part II. The Works of Archimedes: 1. On the sphere and cylinder
2. Measurement of a circle
3. On conoids and spheroids
4. On spirals
5. On the equilibrium of planes
6. The sand-reckoner
7. Quadrature of the parabola
8. On floating bodies
9. Book of lemmas
10. The cattle-problem.