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Euclid's Book on Division of Figures: With a Restoration Based on Woepcke's Text and on the Practica Geometriae of Leonardo Pisa

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Euclid's Book on Division of Figures: With a Restoration Based on Woepcke's Text and on the Practica Geometriae of Leonardo Pisa
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Raymond Clare Archibald
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:98
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary studies - classical, early and medieval
History of mathematics
ISBN/Barcode 9781107492240
ClassificationsDewey:516.22
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 12 March 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Originally published in 1915, this book contains an English translation of a reconstructed version of Euclid's study of divisions of geometric figures, which survives only partially and in only one Arabic manuscript. Archibald also gives an introduction to the text, its transmission in an Arabic version and its possible connection with Fibonacci's Practica geometriae. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Greek mathematics, the history of science or the reconstruction of ancient texts.