Volume 1 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the "Elements" plus critical analysis of each definition, postulate, and proposition. Vol. 1 includes Introduction, Books 1-2: Triangles, rectangles. .
Volume 1 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the "Elements "plus critical analysis. Covers textual and linguistic matters, more. Includes 2,500 years of commentary. Total in set: 995 figures.
The definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time--the full Euclid, encompassing almost 2500 years of mathematical and historical study. This unabridged republication of the original enlarged edition contains the complete English text of all 13 books of the ELEMENTS, plus analyses of each definition, postulate, and ...
In the world of books, there are hundreds of timeless classics. But only one collection of great works is a classic in itself - "Britannica's Great Books". This 60-volume set brings you centuries of celebrated writings from the greatest minds of all time, including Plato, Shakespeare, Swift, Freud, Hemingway and Twain. "Britannica's Great Books" ...
Translated with notes and proofs and a discussion on the advance made therein on the work of his predecessors in the infinitesimal calculus. Barrow, was one of the greatest metaphysical mathematicians whose work even inspired Newton!
English mathematician ISAAC BARROW (1630-1677), one of the inventors of calculus, had a profound impact on his student, Isaac Newton. Here, in this 1916 volume, British historian of mathematics JAMES MARK CHILD translates from the original Latin Barrow's masterpiece, Lectiones Opticae et Geometricae, his lectures on mathematics, demonstrating ...
A translation of Proclus's exposition of Euclid's methods and principles. This primary source for the history of mathematics contains much information about the work of mathematicians of the classical period. It is a rare work from antiquity which expounds the philosophy of mathematics.
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