Menelaus' ›Spherics‹ : Early Translation and al-Māhānī / al-Harawī's Version /
Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus' Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2017]
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| Series: | Scientia Graeco-Arabica ;
v. 21. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1624176 |
| Summary: | Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus' Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (888 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110569872 3110569876 9783110571431 3110571439 9783110571424 3110571420 9783110568233 3110568233 |
| ISSN: | 2365-8703 ; |