ISBN: 9780511192142

Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time.This book is Volume I of the first authoritative translation of his works into English.It is also th… Meer...

Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time.This book is Volume I of the first authoritative translation of his works into English.It is also the first publication of a major ancient Greek mathematician to include a critical edition of the diagrams and the first translation into English of Eutocius' ancient commentary on Archimedes.Furthermore, it is the first work to offer recent evidence based on the Archimedes Palimpsest, the major source for Archimedes, lost between 1915 and 1998.A commentary on the translated text studies the cognitive practice assumed in writing and reading the work, and it is Reviel Netz's aim to recover the original function of the text as an act of communication.Particular attention is paid to the aesthetic dimension of Archimedes' writings.Taken as a whole, the commentary offers a groundbreaking approach to the study of mathematical texts.; PDF; Politics, Philosphy & Religion > Philosophy > History of Western philosophy > Western philosophy: An, Cambridge University Press<

2009, ISBN: 9780511192142

Translation and Commentary, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. This book is Volume I of the fir… Meer...

Translation and Commentary, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. This book is Volume I of the first authoritative translation of his works into English. It is also the first publication of a major ancient Greek mathematician to include a critical edition of the diagrams and the first translation into English of Eutocius' ancient commentary on Archimedes. Furthermore, it is the first work to offer recent evidence based on the Archimedes Palimpsest, the major source for Archimedes, lost between 1915 and 1998. A commentary on the translated text studies the cognitive practice assumed in writing and reading the work, and it is Reviel Netz's aim to recover the original function of the text as an act of communication. Particular attention is paid to the aesthetic dimension of Archimedes' writings. Taken as a whole, the commentary offers a groundbreaking approach to the study of mathematical texts. [PU: Cambridge University Press], Cambridge University Press, 2009<

ISBN: 9780511192142

*Works of Archimedes: Volume 1 The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder* - Translation and Commentary / pdf eBook für 42.49 € / Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Belletristik, Erzählungen Medi… Meer...

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ISBN: 9780511192142

Works of Archimedes: Volume 1 The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder - Translation and Commentary: ab 41.99 € eBooks > Belletristik > Erzählungen Cambridge University Press eBook al… Meer...

Works of Archimedes: Volume 1 The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder - Translation and Commentary: ab 41.99 € eBooks > Belletristik > Erzählungen Cambridge University Press eBook als pdf, Cambridge University Press<

2009, ISBN: 9780511192142

Translation and Commentary, eBooks, eBook Download (PDF), Auflage, [PU: Cambridge University Press], [ED: 1], Cambridge University Press, 2009