The Works of Archimedes: Volume 1, the Two Books on the Sphere and the Cylinder: Translation and Commentary

by Archimedes

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521117984
• ISBN13: 9780521117982
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.7" x 9.6"