The Works of Archimedes

图书标准信息

• 作者 Archimedes 著
• 出版社 Dover Publications
• 出版时间 2002-04
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780486420844
• 定价 213.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 326页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Dover Books on Mathematics

【内容简介】

Thecompleteworksofantiquity'sgreatgeometerappearhereinahighlyaccessibleEnglishtranslationbyadistinguishedscholar.Remarkableforhisrangeofthoughtandhismasteryoftreatment,Archimedesaddressedsuchtopicsasthefamousproblemsoftheratiooftheareasofacylinderandaninscribedsphere;themeasurementofacircle;thepropertiesofconoids,spheroids,andspirals;andthequadratureoftheparabola.Thiseditionoffersaninformativeintroductionwithmanyvaluableinsightsintotheancientmathematician'slifeandthoughtaswellastheviewsofhiscontemporaries.Modernmathematicians,physicists,sciencehistorians,andlogicianswillfindthisvolumeasourceoftimelessfascination.Unabridgedreprintoftheclassic1897edition,withsupplementof1912.