Pappus of Alexandria and the mathematics of late antiquity
This book is at once an analytical study of one of the most important mathematical texts of antiquity, the Mathematical Collection of the fourth-century AD mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, and also an examination of the work's wider cultural setting.
ix, 234 : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780521036894, 0521036895
122283241
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The outside world; 2. Bees and philosophers; 3. Inclined planes and architects; 4. Altars and strange curves; 5. The inside story; Bibliography; General index; Index locorum.
Originally published: 2000
Contains texts in Ancient Greek