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BN PUBLISHING The Works of Archimedes by Archimedes Translated by Thomas Heath Translated by Sir Thomas Heath
The complete works of antiquitys great geometer appear here in a highly accessible English translation by a distinguished scholar. Remarkable for his range of thought and his mastery of treatment Archimedes addressed such topics as the famous problems of the ratio of the areas of a cylinder and an inscribed sphere; the measurement of a circle; the properties of conoids spheroids and spirals; and the quadrature of the parabola. This edition offers an informative introduction with many valuable insights into the ancient mathematicians life and thought as well as the views of his contemporaries. Modern mathematicians physicists science historians and logicians will find this volume a source of timeless fascination. Unabridged with supplement.show more