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QUAESTIONES ARCHIMEDEAE
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Johan Ludvig Heiberg (Editor) |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108062962 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108062961 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
27 June, 2013 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Classics |
| Pages: |
214 |
| Description: |
Published in 1879, this Latin dissertation on the life and works of Archimedes includes the Greek text of his Psammites. |
| Synopsis: |
Published in 1879, this Latin dissertation was the first substantial work on Archimedes by the Danish philologist and historian Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854-1928), who the following year embarked on editing the three-volume Archimedis Opera Omnia (also reissued in this series). Much later, in 1906, he discovered a palimpsest containing previously unknown works by the Greek mathematician. The Quaestiones includes chapters on the life of the famous scientist of Syracuse, a discussion of his works and explanations of his mathematical and scientific ideas, as well as a survey of the extant codices known to the author. It also contains the Greek text, edited and annotated by Heiberg, of Archimedes' Psammites (The Sand Reckoner), a mathematical enquiry into how many grains of sand would fit in the universe. This includes mention of a heliocentric solar system, speculation about the size of the Earth, and Archimedes' other views on astronomy. |
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1 b/w illus. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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