Edmond Halley's Reconstruction of the Lost Book of Apollonius's Conics: Translation and Commentary (2012)

Contributor(s): Fried, Michael N (Author)

ISBN: 9781461401452

Publisher: Springer

Hardcover

$119.99

Pub Date: September 2, 2011

Dewey: 516.15

LCCN: 2011933227

Lexile Code: 0000

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.38" H x 9.21" L x 6.14" W ( 0.84 lbs) 134 pages

BISAC Categories:

Mathematics | Geometry | General | History and Philosophy

Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physic

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Comprised of eight books, Apollonius's Conics was one of the greatest works of advanced mathematics in antiquity. This volume provides the first complete English translation of Edmond Halley's reconstruction of Book VIII with supplementary notes on the text.

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