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This book is at once an analytical study of one of the most important mathematical texts of antiquity, the Mathematical Collection of the fourth-century AD mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, and also an examination of the work's wider cultural setting.

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'[Cuomo] takes a refreshing approach to the history of mathematics.' Journal of Roman Studies
'… Cuomo does an admirable job in hopefully tempting more students and scholars from different fields to tackle these themes and, even more importantly, to cooperate and cross the lines between disciplines.' De novis libris iudicia

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The outside world; 2. Bees and philosophers; 3. Inclined planes and architects; 4. Altars and strange curves; 5. The inside story; Bibliography; General index; Index locorum.

Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 6/21/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521036894, 978-0521036894
      ISBN10: 0521036895
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      History of mathematics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is at once an analytical study of one of the most important mathematical texts of antiquity, the Mathematical Collection of the fourth-century AD mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, and also an examination of the work's wider cultural setting.

      Trade Review
      '[Cuomo] takes a refreshing approach to the history of mathematics.' Journal of Roman Studies
      '… Cuomo does an admirable job in hopefully tempting more students and scholars from different fields to tackle these themes and, even more importantly, to cooperate and cross the lines between disciplines.' De novis libris iudicia

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The outside world; 2. Bees and philosophers; 3. Inclined planes and architects; 4. Altars and strange curves; 5. The inside story; Bibliography; General index; Index locorum.

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