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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas HeathPublisher: Dover Publications Inc. Imprint: Dover Publications Inc. Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.449kg ISBN: 9780486438863ISBN 10: 0486438864 Pages: 448 Publication Date: 09 December 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsPart I. Greek Astronomy to Aristarchus of Samos I. Sources of the History II. Homer and Hesiod III. Thales IV. Anaximander V Anaximenes VI. Pythagoras VII. Xenophanes VIII. Heraclitus IX. Parmenides X. Anaxagoras XI. Empedocles XII. The Pythagoreans XIII. The Atomists, Leucippus and Democritus XIV. Oenopides XV. Plato XVI. The Theory of Concentric Spheres-Eudoxus, Callippus, and Aristotle XVII. Aristotle (continued) XVIII. Heraclides of Pontus XIX. Greek Months, Years, and Cycles Part II. Aristarchus on the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon I. Aristarchus of Samos II. The Treatise on Sizes and Distances-History of the Text and Editions III. Content of the Treatise IV. Later Improvements on Aristarchus' Calculations Greek Text, Translation and Notes. Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationThomas Little Heath: Bringing the Past to Life Thomas Little Heath (1861-1940) was unusual for an authority on many esoteric, and many less esoteric, subjects in the history of mathematics in that he was never a university professor. The son of an English farmer from Lincolnshire, Heath demonstrated his academic gifts at a young age; studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1879 to 1882; came away with numerous awards; and obtained the top grade in the 1884 English Civil Service examination. From that foundation, he went to work in the English Treasury, rose through the ranks, and by 1913, was permanent secretary to the Treasury, effectively the head of its operations. He left that post in 1919 at the end of the first World War, worked several years at the National Debt office, and retired in 1926. During all of that time, however, he became independently one of the world's leading authorities on the history of mathematics, especially on the history of ancient Greek mathematics. Heath's three-volume edition of Euclid is still the standard, it is generally accepted that it is primarily through Heath's great work on Archimedes that the accomplishments of Archimedes are known as well as they are. Dover has reprinted these and other books by Heath, preserving over several decades a unique legacy in the history of mathematical scholarship. In the Author's Own Words: The works of Archimedes are without exception, monuments of mathematical exposition; the gradual revelation of the plan of attack, the masterly ordering of the propositions, the stern elimination of everything not immediately relevant to the purpose, the finish of the whole, are so impressive in their perfection as to create a feeling akin to awe in the mind of the reader. -- Thomas L. Heath Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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