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Apollonii Pergaei quae Graece exstant cum commentariis antiquis: Volume 1

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Apollonii Pergaei quae Graece exstant cum commentariis antiquis: Volume 1
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Apollonius of Perga
By (author) Johan Ludvig Heiberg
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:468
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - Ancient to c 500
Geometry
History of mathematics
ISBN/Barcode 9781108061841
ClassificationsDewey:516
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 20 Line drawings, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 27 June 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Greek astronomer and geometrician Apollonius of Perga (c.262-c.190 BCE) produced pioneering written work on conic sections in which he demonstrated mathematically the generation of curves and their fundamental properties. His innovative terminology gave us the terms 'ellipse', 'hyperbola' and 'parabola'. The Danish scholar Johan Ludvig Heiberg (1854-1928), a professor of classical philology at the University of Copenhagen, prepared important editions of works by Euclid, Archimedes and Ptolemy, among others. Published between 1891 and 1893, this two-volume work contains the definitive Greek text of the first four books of Apollonius' treatise together with a facing-page Latin translation. (The fifth, sixth and seventh books survive only in Arabic translation, while the eighth is lost entirely.) Volume 1 contains the first three books, with the editor's introductory matter in Latin.