Apollonius of Perga's Conica: Text, Context, Subtext (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum) - Hardcover

Fried, Michael N.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004119779 ISBN 13: 9789004119772

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2001

Synopsis

This volume takes a new look at one of the greatest works of Hellenistic mathematics, Apollonius of Perga's Conica. It provides a long overdue alternative to H.G. Zeuthen's Die Lehre von den Kegelschnitten im Altertum.
The central part of the volume contains a historically sensitive analysis and interpretation of the entire Conica, both from the standpoint of its individual books and of the text as a whole. Particular attention is given to Books V-VII, which have had scant treatment until now. Two chapters in the volume concern histioriographic issues connected with the Conica in paricular and Greek mathematics in general.
Although the volume is intended primarily for historians of ancient mathematics, its approach is fresh and engaging enough to be of interest also to historians, philosophers, linguists, and open-minded mathematicians.

About this title

About the Author

Michael N. Fried, Ph.D. (1998) in History of Science, Tel-Aviv University, a graduate of St.John's College, is Researcher at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Center for Science and Technology Education.
Sabetai Unguru, Ph.D. (1970) in History of Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, is Professor Emeritus at Tel-Aviv University. His publications are in the fields of the history of Greek mathematics and medieval optics.

Review

'...this book should be considered a clear success.'
Reviel Netz, Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2002.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 9004119779
• ISBN 13: 9789004119772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 512
• Editor: Unguru Sabetai