Euclid's Phaenomena
Title | Euclid's Phaenomena PDF eBook |
Author | J. L. Berggren |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 177 |
Release | 2019-05-29 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 0429656793 |
Originally published in 1996, this book contains a translation and study of Euclid's Phaenomena, a work which once formed part of the mathematical training of astronomers from Central Asia to Western Europe. Included is an introduction that sets Euclid's geometry of the celestial sphere, and its application to the astronomy of his day, into its historical context for readers not already familiar with it. So no knowledge of astronomy or advanced mathematics is necessary for an understanding of the work. The book shows mathematical astronomy shortly before the invention of trigonometry, which allowed the calculation of exact results and the subsequent composition of Ptolemy's Almagest. This work and the (roughly) contemporaneous treatises of Autolycus and Aristarchos form a corpus of the oldest extant works on mathematical astronomy. Together with Euclid's Optics one has the beginnings of the history of science as an application of mathematics.
Euclid's Phaenomena
Title | Euclid's Phaenomena PDF eBook |
Author | J. L. Berggren |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2019-05-29 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 0429659237 |
Originally published in 1996, this book contains a translation and study of Euclid's Phaenomena, a work which once formed part of the mathematical training of astronomers from Central Asia to Western Europe. Included is an introduction that sets Euclid's geometry of the celestial sphere, and its application to the astronomy of his day, into its historical context for readers not already familiar with it. So no knowledge of astronomy or advanced mathematics is necessary for an understanding of the work. The book shows mathematical astronomy shortly before the invention of trigonometry, which allowed the calculation of exact results and the subsequent composition of Ptolemy's Almagest. This work and the (roughly) contemporaneous treatises of Autolycus and Aristarchos form a corpus of the oldest extant works on mathematical astronomy. Together with Euclid's Optics one has the beginnings of the history of science as an application of mathematics.
Euclid's Phaenomena
Title | Euclid's Phaenomena PDF eBook |
Author | Euclides |
Publisher | |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Euclid's Phaenomena
Title | Euclid's Phaenomena PDF eBook |
Author | J. L.. THOMAS BERGGREN (R. S. D.) |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 132 |
Release | 2019-05-31 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780367109790 |
Originally published in 1996, this book contains a translation and study of Euclid's Phaenomena, a work which once formed part of the mathematical training of astronomers from Central Asia to Western Europe. Included is an introduction that sets Euclid's geometry of the celestial sphere, and its application to the astronomy of his day, into its historical context for readers not already familiar with it. So no knowledge of astronomy or advanced mathematics is necessary for an understanding of the work. The book shows mathematical astronomy shortly before the invention of trigonometry, which allowed the calculation of exact results and the subsequent composition of Ptolemy's Almagest. This work and the (roughly) contemporaneous treatises of Autolycus and Aristarchos form a corpus of the oldest extant works on mathematical astronomy. Together with Euclid's Optics one has the beginnings of the history of science as an application of mathematics.
The Cambridge Ancient History: The Hellenistic monarchies and the rise of Rome
Title | The Cambridge Ancient History: The Hellenistic monarchies and the rise of Rome PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1066 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Cambridge Ancient History ...
Title | The Cambridge Ancient History ... PDF eBook |
Author | John Bagnell Bury |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1064 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Balkan Peninsula |
ISBN |
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
Title | The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas L. Heath |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 447 |
Release | 2015-02-12 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107480426 |
First published in 1926, this book contains the first volume of a three-volume English translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements.