Archimedes /

Archimedes / / Eduard Jan Dijksterhuis.

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-y...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
VerfasserIn:
Dijksterhuis, Eduard Jan,
MitwirkendeR:
Knorr, Wilbur R.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1987
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 784
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Physical Description:1 online resource (460 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Index of Names
  • Errata

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