Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity

Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity

by Serafina Cuomo
ISBN-10:
0521036895
ISBN-13:
9780521036894
Pub. Date:
06/21/2007
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10:
0521036895
ISBN-13:
9780521036894
Pub. Date:
06/21/2007
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity

Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity

by Serafina Cuomo
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Overview

This book is at once an analytical study of one of the most important mathematical texts of antiquity, the Mathematical Collection of the fourth-century AD mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, and also an examination of the work's wider cultural setting. This is one of very few books to deal extensively with the mathematics of Late Antiquity. It sees Pappus' text as part of a wider context and relates it to other contemporary cultural practices and opens new avenues to research into the public understanding of mathematics and mathematical disciplines in antiquity.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780521036894
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 06/21/2007
Series: Cambridge Classical Studies
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 5.55(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The outside world; 2. Bees and philosophers; 3. Inclined planes and architects; 4. Altars and strange curves; 5. The inside story; Bibliography; General index; Index locorum.
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