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The Works of Archimedes: Volume 1, The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder: Translation and Commentary
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About The Works Of Archimedes: Volume 1, The Two Books On
Product Description The works translated here--the two books On the Sphere and Cylinder--were a source of great pride for Archimedes, the greatest scientist of antiquity. Accompanying this translation is the first scientific edition of the diagrams, which incorporates new information from the recently discovered Archimedes Palimpsest. The volume also includes the first English translation of Eutocius's commentary. Reviel Netz's commentary analyzes Archimedes's work from contemporary research perspectives such as scientific style and the cognitive history of mathematical texts. Review "This volume, and the overall project it launches, is a most welcome addition to the scholarship on Hellenistic mathematics and the mathematical sciences." Nathan Sidoli, University of Toronto "...this work is an important, interesting, and very welcome contribution to the field of ancient mathematics." Bryn Mawr Classical Review Book Description Volume I of the first authoritative translation of Archimedes' works into English. About the Author Reviel Netz is Assistant Professor of Classics at Stanford University. He is the author of The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics (1999; 0521 62279 4), which was a joint winner of the Runciman Award for 2000.
