UID:
almafu_9960118169602883
Format:
1 online resource (ii, 205 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-60009-5
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Classics
Content:
Published in 1879, this Latin dissertation was the first substantial work on Archimedes by the Danish philologist and historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854-1928), who the following year embarked on editing the three-volume Archimedis Opera Omnia (also reissued in this series). Much later, in 1906, he discovered a palimpsest containing previously unknown works by the Greek mathematician. The Quaestiones includes chapters on the life of the famous scientist of Syracuse, a discussion of his works and explanations of his mathematical and scientific ideas, as well as a survey of the extant codices known to the author. It also contains the Greek text, edited and annotated by Heiberg, of Archimedes' Psammites (The Sand Reckoner), a mathematical enquiry into how many grains of sand would fit in the universe. This includes mention of a heliocentric solar system, speculation about the size of the Earth, and Archimedes' other views on astronomy.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Sep 2016).
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Praefatio; 1. De vita Archimedis; 2. De scriptis Archimedis; 3. De machinis Archimedis; 4. De arithmeticis Archimedis; 5. De dialecto Archimedis; 6. De re critica; 7. Emendationes Archimedeae; 8. Archimedis de arenae numero liber.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-06296-2
Language:
English
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139600095
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