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Edmond Halley's Reconstruction of the Lost Book of Apollonius's Conics: Translation and Commentary - Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Michael N. Fried 2012 edition
Edmond Halley's Reconstruction of the Lost Book of Apollonius's Conics: Translation and Commentary - Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Michael N. Fried
Comprised of eight books, Apollonius's Conics was one of the greatest works of advanced mathematics in antiquity. This volume provides the first complete English translation of Edmond Halley's reconstruction of Book VIII with supplementary notes on the text.
144 pages, 1 black & white tables, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 2, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781461401452 |
| Publishers | Springer-Verlag New York Inc. |
| Genre | Aspects (Academic) > Science / Technology Aspects |
| Pages | 134 |
| Dimensions | 160 × 242 × 13 mm · 381 g |
| Language | English |