Mathematizing Space
Mathematizing Space

Author: Vincenzo De Risi

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Published: 2015-01-31

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 3319121022

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This book collects the papers of the conference held in Berlin, Germany, 27-29 August 2012, on 'Space, Geometry and the Imagination from Antiquity to the Modern Age'. The conference was a joint effort by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) and the Centro die Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi (Pisa).

Pappus of Alexandria: Book 4 of the Collection
Pappus of Alexandria: Book 4 of the Collection

Author: Heike Sefrin-Weis

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-04-06

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1849960054

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Although not so well known today, Book 4 of Pappus’ Collection is one of the most important and influential mathematical texts from antiquity. The mathematical vignettes form a portrait of mathematics during the Hellenistic "Golden Age", illustrating central problems – for example, squaring the circle; doubling the cube; and trisecting an angle – varying solution strategies, and the different mathematical styles within ancient geometry. This volume provides an English translation of Collection 4, in full, for the first time, including: a new edition of the Greek text, based on a fresh transcription from the main manuscript and offering an alternative to Hultsch’s standard edition, notes to facilitate understanding of the steps in the mathematical argument, a commentary highlighting aspects of the work that have so far been neglected, and supporting the reconstruction of a coherent plan and vision within the work, bibliographical references for further study.

The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements

Author: Thomas L. Heath

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-02-12

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 1107480426

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First published in 1926, this book contains the first volume of a three-volume English translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements.

The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements

Author: Euclid

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1956-01-01

Total Pages: 574

ISBN-13: 9780486600901

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Contains the complete English text of all thirteen books of the "Elements," along with critical analysis of each definition, postulate, and proposition.

A Source Book in Medieval Science
A Source Book in Medieval Science

Author: Edward Grant

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 890

ISBN-13: 9780674823600

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This Source Book explores a millennium of European scientific thought accompanied by critical commentary and annotation; nearly half the selections appear for the first time in the vernacular. Representing "science" in the medieval sense, selections include alchemy, astrology, logic, and theology as well as mathematics, physics, and biology.