Menelaus' Spherics. Early Translation and al-Mahani/al-Harawi's Version

Name: Menelaus' Spherics
Price: 192.7 EUR
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Author: Roshdi Rashed
ISBN: 978-3-11-056823-3

Par : Roshdi Rashed, Athanase Papadopoulos

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Nombre de pages873
FormatGrand Format
PrésentationRelié

Poids1.585 kg
Dimensions17,7 cm × 24,4 cm × 5,2 cm
ISBN978-3-11-056823-3
EAN9783110568233
Date de parution01/10/2017
CollectionScientia graeco-arabica
ÉditeurDe Gruyter

Résumé

Menelaus' Spherics is at the foundation of spherical geometry. Before the Greek original was lost, this treatise was translated several times into Arabic. This book contains the editio princeps and the first translation of two texts : a fragment of an early Arabic translation, and the first Arabic version of the Spherics written by al-Mahani /al-Harawi. It also includes a historical and mathematical study of Menelaus' treatise.