Edmond Halley’s Reconstruction of the Lost Book of Apollonius’s Conics: Translation and Commentary
Author:   Michael N. Fried
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2012 ed.
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Pages:   134
Publication Date:   27 October 2013
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Author:   Michael N. Fried
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2012 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781461429876


ISBN 10:   1461429870
Pages:   134
Publication Date:   27 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

I. Introduction.- 1. Edmond Halley: Ancient and Modern.- 2. Apollonius’s Conics.- 3. The Path to Halley.- 4. Halley's General Strategy for Reconstructing Conics, Book VIII.- 5. Halley’s Dialogue with the Past.-6. A Note on the Translation-II. Apollonius of Perga’s On Conics: Book Eight Restored.- III.Synopsis and Appendices.-Synopsis of the Contents of Halley's Conics, Book VIII.-Appendix 1: Terminology and Notions from Greek Mathematics.-Appendix 2: Hippocrates' First Quadrature of a Lune.-References.-Index.

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