Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity (Paperback, Digital Print)

This book is at once an analytical study of one of the most important mathematical texts of antiquity, the Mathematical Collection of the fourth-century AD mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, and also an examination of the work's wider cultural setting. An important first chapter looks at the mathematicians of the period and how mathematics was perceived by people at large. The central chapters of the book analyse sections of the Collection, identifying features typical of Pappus's mathematical practice. The final chapter draws together the various threads and presents a fuller description of Pappus's mathematical 'agenda'. This is one of few books to deal extensively with the mathematics of Late Antiquity. It sees Pappus's text as part of a wider context and relates it to other contemporary cultural practices and opens avenues to research into the public understanding of mathematics and mathematical disciplines in antiquity.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Classical Studies
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	March 2007
Authors:	Serafina Cuomo
Dimensions:	216 x 141 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	248
Edition:	Digital Print
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-03689-4
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics
LSN:	0-521-03689-5
Barcode:	9780521036894

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