(Išleidimo metai: 17-Sep-2024, Hardback, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691202815)
An invaluable reference book on the mathematics of Greek antiquity. Euclid, Archimedes, and Apollonius are familiar names to many of us, and their contributions have shaped mathematical practice up to modern times. Yet the mathematical activity of G...Daugiau...
Calculating the sine of one degree, not possible with the tools of geometry alone, was a problem approached frequently in various ways in Hellenistic, Arabic, Persian, and European trigonometry. This book situa...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 17-Sep-2024, Hardback, Leidėjas: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691202815)
An invaluable reference book on the mathematics of Greek antiquity. Euclid, Archimedes, and Apollonius are familiar names to many of us, and their contributions have shaped mathematical practice up to modern times. Yet the mathematical activity of G...Daugiau...
Astronomical tables are a significant yet understudied part of the scientific historical corpus. They circulated among many cultures, and were adopted and transformed by astronomical practitioners for a variety of purposes. The numerical data conveye...Daugiau...
A timely exploration of the numerical tables genre in pre-modern science, focusing on the previously unpublished 17th-century Indian astronomical table text Brahmatulyasara i. Includes critical edition, English translation, and thorough techni...Daugiau...
This book covers the works of Bhaskara, in particular, his monumental treatise on astronomy, the Siddhantasiroma i, his astronomical handbook, the Kara akutuhala, and his two mathematical treatises, the Lilavati&nb...Daugiau...
This groundbreaking volume provides an up-to-date, accessible guide to Sanskrit astronomical tables and their analysis. It begins with an overview of Indian mathematical astronomy and its literature, including table texts, in the context of history o...Daugiau...
Lunar and solar eclipses have always fascinated human beings. Digging deep into history, Clemency Montelle examines the ways in which theoretical understanding of eclipses originated and how ancient and medieval cultures shared, developed, and pre...Daugiau...
