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Springer-Verlag. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1986. Hardcover. 0387962573 . Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Light soiling to rear board of vol. 2 else books have very minor shelfwear. ; The seventh book of Pappus's Collection, his commentary on the Domain (or Treasury) of Analysis, figures prominently in the history of both ancient and modern mathematics: as our chief source of information concerning several lost works of the Greek geometers Euclid and Apollonius, and as a book that inspired later mathematicians, among them Viete, Newton, and Chasles, to original discoveries in their pursuit of the lost science of antiquity. This presentation of it is concerned solely with recovering what can be learned from Pappus about Greek mathematics. The main part of it comprises a new edition of Book 7; a literal translation; and a commentary on textual, historical, and mathematical aspects of the book. It proved to be convenient to divide the commentary into two parts,…
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Pappus of Alexandria Book 7 of the Collection: Part 1. Introduction, Text, and Translation Hardcover - 1985 - 1986th Edition
by Commentaries by Alexander Jones; Alexander Jones (Translator); Alexander Jones (Editor)
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- Title Pappus of Alexandria Book 7 of the Collection: Part 1. Introduction, Text, and Translation
- Author Commentaries by Alexander Jones; Alexander Jones (Translator); Alexander Jones (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1986th
- Edition 1986
- Pages 375
- Volumes 2
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer, New York
- Date December 19, 1985
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780387962573 / 0387962573
- Weight 1.59 lbs (0.72 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.88 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.24 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Mathematics, Greek
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 85027788
- Dewey Decimal Code 516.2
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PAPPUS OF ALEXANDRIA: BOOK 7 OF THE COLLECTION [2 VOL.] Part I. Introduction, Text, and Translation; Part 2: Commentary, Index and Figures. Edited with Translation and Commentary
by Pappus Of Alexandria; Alexander Jones (Ed. )
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Pappus Of Alexandria: Book 7 Of The Collection. Part 1. Introduction, Text, And Translation. (With) Part 2. Commentary, Index, And Figures
by Pappus Of Alexandria; Editing, Translation, And Commentary By Jones, Alexander
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Springer, 1986. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. X, 375 Pp.; Vi, 376-748. Two Separate Volumes. Yellow Cloth. First Printings Indicated. Fine, No Marks.
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