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.

Detalhes bibliográficos
Main Authors: Rāshid, Rushdī (Author), Papadopoulos, Athanase (Author)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglês
Publicado em: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2017]
Colecção:Scientia Graeco-Arabica ; v. 21.
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Descrição
Resumo: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.
Descrição Física:1 online resource (888 pages).
Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110569872
3110569876
9783110571431
3110571439
9783110571424
3110571420
9783110568233
3110568233
ISSN:2365-8703 ;