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Livre IV. Commentaire Historique Et Mathématique, Édition Et Traduction Du Texte Arabe

PUBLISHER de Gruyter (03/18/2009)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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Book IV of the Konika consists of two parts; the first presents a theory of poles and polars, the second deals with the number of intersections and points of contact in a conic section. Previously the book was only extant as the very unreliable text of a Greek commentary by Eutocius. Roshdi Rashed here presents for the first time an edition of an Arabic translation based on a text independent of this Greek version. This is a valuable re-discovery, for which reason it is published here as a separate volume. It contains an edition princeps of the Arabic text, together with a faithful translation and a historical-mathematical commentary.

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ISBN-13: 9783110199383
ISBN-10: 3110199386
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: French
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Page Count: 329
Carton Quantity: 22
Product Dimensions: 6.69 x 0.75 x 9.61 inches
Weight: 1.60 pound(s)
Country of Origin: DE
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BISAC Categories
Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
Philosophy | History & Philosophy
Philosophy | Ancient - General
Grade Level: Post Graduate - Post Graduate
Dewey Decimal: 510
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Book IV of the Konika consists of two parts; the first presents a theory of poles and polars, the second deals with the number of intersections and points of contact in a conic section. Previously the book was only extant as the very unreliable text of a Greek commentary by Eutocius. Roshdi Rashed here presents for the first time an edition of an Arabic translation based on a text independent of this Greek version. This is a valuable re-discovery, for which reason it is published here as a separate volume. It contains an edition princeps of the Arabic text, together with a faithful translation and a historical-mathematical commentary.

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Editor: Rashed, Roshdi
Roshdi Rashed is a leading authority in history and philosophy of science and mathematics. He is Senior Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Paris, and a former Professor at the University of Tokyo. He has published widely in French and Arabic.
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