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Menelaus' >Spherics<: Early Translation and al-Mahani / al-Harawi's Version (Scientia Graeco-Arabica)

Roshdi Rashed

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Description:Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus' Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader will find here, for the first time edited and translated into English, the essentials of this tradition, namely: a fragment of an early Arabic translation and the first Arabic redaction of the Spherics composed by al-Māhānī /al-Harawī, together with a historical and mathematical study of Menelaus' treatise. With this book, a new and important part of the Greek and Arabic legacy to the history of mathematics comes to light. This book will be an indispensable acquisition for any reader interested in the history of Ancient geometry and science and, more generally, in Greek and Arabic science and culture.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Menelaus' >Spherics<: Early Translation and al-Mahani / al-Harawi's Version (Scientia Graeco-Arabica). To get started finding Menelaus' >Spherics<: Early Translation and al-Mahani / al-Harawi's Version (Scientia Graeco-Arabica), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus' Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader will find here, for the first time edited and translated into English, the essentials of this tradition, namely: a fragment of an early Arabic translation and the first Arabic redaction of the Spherics composed by al-Māhānī /al-Harawī, together with a historical and mathematical study of Menelaus' treatise. With this book, a new and important part of the Greek and Arabic legacy to the history of mathematics comes to light. This book will be an indispensable acquisition for any reader interested in the history of Ancient geometry and science and, more generally, in Greek and Arabic science and culture.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Menelaus' >Spherics<: Early Translation and al-Mahani / al-Harawi's Version (Scientia Graeco-Arabica). To get started finding Menelaus' >Spherics<: Early Translation and al-Mahani / al-Harawi's Version (Scientia Graeco-Arabica), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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