Menelaus' Spherics is at the foundation of spherical geometry. Before the Greek original was lost, this treatise was translated several times into Arabic. This book contains the editio princeps and the first translation of two texts: a fragment of
FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE Arabic CONDITION Brand NewDespite 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-Mhn /al-Haraw, 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.
Roshdi Rashed, Université Paris / University of Tokyo; Athanase Papadopoulos, Université de Strasbourg.
"This is a definitive, monumental work on Menelaus's Spherics."
Victor V. Pambuccian in: Zentralblatt für Mathematik 1400.01002
Die Reihe Scientia Graeco-Arabica widmet sich grundlegenden Texten der Wissenschaft und Philosophie der Antike und der islamischen Welt, die arabisch
"This is a definitive, monumental work on Menelaus's Spherics."Victor V. Pambuccian in: Zentralblatt f
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