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The Works of Archimedes. Edited in modern notation with introductory chapters by T. L. Heath. (The Method of Archimedes, recently discovered by Heiberg. A supplement to the Works of Archimedes. Edited by Sir T. L. Heath.) Eng

Complete works of ancient geometer in highly accessible translation by distinguished scholar. Topics include 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. Informative introduction and 52-page supplement.

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  • "With the methods of Archimedes"
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  • "Complete works of ancient geometer in highly accessible translation by distinguished scholar. Topics include 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. Informative introduction and 52-page supplement."@en
  • "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 contemporar..."
  • "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."

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  • "The works of Archimedes : translated into English, together with Eutocius' commentaries, with commentary, and critical ediciotn of the diagrams"
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  • "The works of Archimedes : edited in modern notation : with introductory chapters"
  • "The works of Archimedes [translation and commentary] : translated into English, together with Eutocius' commentaries, with commentary, and critical edition of the diagrams"
  • "The Works of Archimedes. Edited in modern notation, with introductory chapters, by T. L. Heath"
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