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The Spherics of Theodosios: Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World

Autor Nathan Sidoli, R.S.D. Thomas
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 iul 2023
This book provides the first English translation of the Greek text of the Spherics of Theodosios (2nd-1st century BCE), a canonical mathematical and astronomical text used from as early as the 2nd century CE until the early modern period.
Accompanied by an introduction to the life and works of Theodosios and a contextualization of his Spherics among other works of Greek mathematics and astronomy, the translation is followed by a detailed commentary, and an accessible English paraphrase accompanied with mathematically generated diagrams. The volume has a broad appeal to both general and specialist readers who do not read ancient Greek – allowing readers to understand the mathematical and astronomical principles and methods used by ancient and medieval readers of this important text. The paraphrase with its mathematical diagrams will be useful for readers with a scientific and mathematical background.
This study of one of the canonical mathematical and astronomical texts of the ancient Greco-Roman, classical Islamic, and medieval Christian worlds provides an invaluable resource for historians of science, astronomy, and mathematics, and scholars of the ancient and medieval periods.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780367557300
ISBN-10: 0367557304
Pagini: 554
Ilustrații: 217 Line drawings, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white; 232 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 mm
Greutate: 1.18 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Scientific Writings from the Ancient and Medieval World

Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Academic, Postgraduate, and Undergraduate Advanced

Cuprins

Part I: Introduction; Part II: Translation; Part III: Commentary; Part IV: Paraphrase.

Notă biografică

Nathan Sidoli is a professor of the history and philosophy of science at Waseda University, Tokyo. He has published widely on Greek and Islamic mathematics and astronomy, including Thābit ibn Qurra’s Restoration of Euclid’s Data, with Yoichi Isahaya, and is currently co-editor of Historia Mathematica and SCIAMVS.
R.S.D. Thomas is an emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Manitoba and fellow of St John's College in Winnipeg, Canada. His previous historical work was Euclid’s Phaenomena, with J.L. Berggren. His main scholarly activity since 1992 has been editing the journal Philosophia Mathematica.

Descriere

This book provides the first English translation of the Greek text of the Spherics of Theodosios, a canonical mathematical text used from as early as the 2nd century CE until the early modern period. Suitable for historians of science, astronomy, and mathematics, and scholars of the ancient and medieval periods.