Apollonius's Conics was one of the greatest works of advanced
mathematics in antiquity. The work comprised eight books, of which
four have come down to us in their original Greek and three in
Arabic. By the time the Arabic translations were produced, the
eighth book had already been lost. In 1710, Edmond Halley, then
Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford, produced an edition of
the Greek text of the Conics of Books I-IV, a translation into
Latin from the Arabic versions of Books V-VII, and a reconstruction
of Book VIII.
The present work provides the first completeEnglish translation
of Halley's reconstruction of Book VIII withsupplementary notes on
the text. It also contains 1)an introduction discussing aspects of
Apollonius's Conics 2) an investigation of Edmond Halley's
understanding ofthe nature of his venture into ancient mathematics,
and 3) anappendices giving a brief account of Apollonius's approach
to conic sections and his mathematical techniques.
This book will be of interest to students and researchers
interested in the history ofancientGreekmathematics and mathematics
in the early modern period."
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