{"product_id":"greek-mathematical-works-volume-ii-aristarchus-to-pappus","title":"Greek Mathematical Works, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElemental learning.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe splendid  achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of  selected mathematical works. Volume I (LCL 335) contains the divisions  of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation;  arithmetical notation and operations, including square root and cube  root; Pythagorean arithmetic, including properties of numbers; the  square root of 2; proportion and means; algebraic equations; Proclus;  Thales; Pythagorean geometry; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios;  duplicating the cube and squaring the circle; trisecting angles;  Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus (pyramid, cone); Aristotle (the  infinite, the lever); Euclid. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Volume II (LCL 362) contains Aristarchus (distances of sun and moon);  Archimedes (cylinder, sphere, cubic equations; conoids; spheroids;  spiral; expression of large numbers; mechanics; hydrostatics);  Eratosthenes (measurement of the earth); Apollonius (conic sections and  other works); later development of geometry; trigonometry (including  Ptolemy’s table of sines); mensuration: Heron of Alexandria  (mensuration); Diophantus (algebra, determinate and indeterminate  equations); Pappus (the revival of geometry).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54248772305240,"sku":"9780674993990","price":31.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780674993990.jpg?v=1780404351","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/greek-mathematical-works-volume-ii-aristarchus-to-pappus","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}