Archimedes of Syracuse, revered as antiquity's great geometer,
produced a vast collection of works in geometry, arithmetic, and
mechanics which has proved to be a source of timeless fascination
for modern mathematicians, physicists, science historians and
logicians. Although credited with the invention of practical
devices like the water-screw, catapults and grappling devices,
compound pulley systems, and a model for explaining solar eclipses,
Archimedes viewed these mechanical innovations merely as
"diversions of geometry at play." In this complete works, including
his renowned "Method," Archimedes addresses such topics as: the
ratio of the areas of a cylinder and an inscribed sphere, the
measurement of a circle, the properties of conoids, spheroids, and
spirals, and the quadrature of the parabola. His ingenious work on
spheres, cylinders and floating objects have gained Archimedes the
recognition, along with Euclid and Apollonius, as one of the three
great mathematicians of the ancient world. This volume reproduces
the classic translation of Thomas Heath.
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