The Works of Archimedes

Thecompleteworksofantiquity'sgreatgeometerappearhereinahighlyaccessibleEnglishtranslationbyadistinguishedscholar.Remarkableforhisrangeofthoughtandhismasteryoftreatment,Archimedesaddressedsuchtopicsasthefamousproblemsoftheratiooftheareasofacylinderandaninscribedsphere;themeasurementofacircle;thepropertiesofconoids,spheroids,andspirals;andthequadratureoftheparabola.Thiseditionoffersaninformativeintroductionwithmanyvaluableinsightsintotheancientmathematician'slifeandthoughtaswellastheviewsofhiscontemporaries.Modernmathematicians,physicists,sciencehistorians,andlogicianswillfindthisvolumeasourceoftimelessfascination.Unabridgedreprintoftheclassic1897edition,withsupplementof1912.