UID:
almafu_9960117507702883
Umfang:
1 online resource (clxxxviii, 326 pages) :
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illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-69512-8
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. Mathematical sciences
Originaltitel:
Works.
Inhalt:
Archimedes lived in the third century BC, and died in the siege of Syracuse. Together with Euclid and Apollonius, he was one of the three great mathematicians of the ancient world, credited with astonishing breadth of thought and brilliance of insight. His practical inventions included the water-screw for irrigation, catapults and grappling devices for military defence on land and sea, compound pulley systems for moving large masses, and a model for explaining solar eclipses. According to Plutarch however, Archimedes viewed his mechanical inventions merely as 'diversions of geometry at play'. His principal focus lay in mathematics, where his achievements in geometry, arithmetic and mechanics included work on spheres, cylinders and floating objects. This classic 1897 text celebrates Archimedes' achievements, placing him in historical context as well as translations of his complete known writings.
Anmerkung:
Also issued in print: 2009.
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Originally published: Cambridge: University Press, 1897.
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Translated from the Ancient Greek.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-108-00615-9
Sprache:
Englisch
