Archimedes /
This classic study by the eminent Dutch historian of science E.J. Dijksterhuis (1892-1965) presents the work of the Greek mathematician and mechanical engineer to the modern reader. With meticulous scholarship, Dijksterhuis surveys the whole range of evidence on Archimedes' life and the 2000-ye...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés Dutch |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[1987]
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I. The Life of Archimedes
- Chapter II. The Works of Archimedes. Manuscripts and Edition
- Chapter III. The Elements of the Work of Archimedes
- Chapter IV. On the Sphere and Cylinder. Book 1
- Chapter V. On the Sphere and Cylinder. Book II
- Chapter VI. Measurement of a Circle
- Chapter VII. On Conoids and Spheroids
- Chapter VIII. On Spirals
- Chapter IX. On the Equilibrium of Planes or Centres of Gravity of Planes. Book I
- Chapter X. The Method of Mechanical Theorems
- Chapter XI. Quadrature of the Parabola
- Chapter XII. On the Equilibrium of Planes. Book II
- Chapter XIII. The Sand-Reckoner
- Chapter XIV. Floating Bodies
- Chapter XV. Miscellaneous
- Bibliography
- Archimedes after Dijksterhuis: A Guide to Recent Studies / Knorr, Wilbur R.
- Index of Names
- Errata.