{"product_id":"greek-mathematical-works-volume-ii-9780674993990","title":"Greek Mathematical Works, Volume II","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is here illustrated in two volumes of selected mathematical works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume I\u003c\/i\u003e (Loeb Classical Library no. 335) contains: The divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation; arithmetical notation and operations, including square root and cube root; Pythagorean arithmetic, including properties of numbers; square root of 2; proportion and means; algebraic equations; Proclus; Thales; Pythagorean geometry; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; duplicating the cube and squaring the circle; trisecting angles; Theaetetus; Plato; Eudoxus of Cnidus (pyramid, cone); Aristotle (the infinite, the lever); Euclid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume II\u003c\/i\u003e contains: Aristarchus (distances of sun and moon); Archimedes (cylinder, sphere, cubic equations; conoids; spheroids; spiral; expression of large numbers; mechanics; hydrostatics); Eratosthenes (measurement of the earth); Apollonius (conic sections and other works); later development of geometry; trigonometry (including Ptolemy's table of sines); mensuration: Heron of Alexandria; algebra: Diophantus (determinate and indeterminate equations); the revival of geometry: Pappus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48147280429292,"sku":"9780674993990","price":95.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674993990-greek-mathematical-works-volume-ii.jpg?v=1786448192","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/greek-mathematical-works-volume-ii-9780674993990","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}