Dijksterhuis Archimedes

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5861-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 784, 460 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Dijksterhuis, Eduard Jan

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. 1
Contents, pg. 5
Preface, pg. 7
Chapter I. The Life of Archimedes, pg. 9
Chapter II. The Works of Archimedes. Manuscripts and Edition, pg. 33
Chapter III. The Elements of the Work of Archimedes, pg. 49
Chapter IV. On the Sphere and Cylinder. Book 1, pg. 141
Chapter V. On the Sphere and Cylinder. Book II, pg. 188
Chapter VI. Measurement of a Circle, pg. 222
Chapter VII. On Conoids and Spheroids, pg. 240
Chapter VIII. On Spirals, pg. 264
Chapter IX. On the Equilibrium of Planes or Centres of Gravity of Planes. Book I, pg. 286
Chapter X. The Method of Mechanical Theorems, pg. 313
Chapter XI. Quadrature of the Parabola, pg. 336
Chapter XII. On the Equilibrium of Planes. Book II, pg. 346
Chapter XIII. The Sand-Reckoner, pg. 360
Chapter XIV. Floating Bodies, pg. 373
Chapter XV. Miscellaneous, pg. 398
Bibliography, pg. 417
Archimedes after Dijksterhuis: A Guide to Recent Studies, pg. 419
Index of Names, pg. 452
Errata, pg. 456