The Works of ArchimedesCourier Corporation, 9 במאי 2013 - 576 עמודים The complete works of antiquity's great geometer appear here in a highly accessible English translation by a distinguished scholar. Remarkable for his range of thought and his mastery of treatment, Archimedes addressed such topics as the famous problems of the ratio of the areas of a cylinder and an inscribed sphere; the measurement of a circle; the properties of conoids, spheroids, and spirals; and the quadrature of the parabola. This edition offers an informative introduction with many valuable insights into the ancient mathematician's life and thought as well as the views of his contemporaries. Modern mathematicians, physicists, science historians, and logicians will find this volume a source of timeless fascination. |
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A₁ AM² An² Apollonius Apollonius of Perga Archimedes axis base equal bisecting centre of gravity circle circumference circumscribed figure cone conics conoid Conoids and Spheroids cubic equation cylinder or frustum described diameter draw drawn ellipse Euclid Eutocius fluid follows geometrical greater Greek height equal Hence hyperbola hyperboloid inscribed figure intersection Join lemma less magnitudes meet method method of exhaustion middle point Pappus parabola parabolic segment paraboloid parallel parallelogram perpendicular plane polygon portion prism problem produced proof Prop proportion Proposition proved pyramid radius rectangle respectively revolution rhombus right angles sector segment ABB segmt semicircle side similar solid solution spheroid spiral square straight line Suppose surface tangent theorems trapezium triangle vertex whence ἀπὸ δὲ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ κύκλου νεῦσις περὶ τὰ τὰν τᾶς τῆς τὸ τοῦ τῷ τῶν