Menelaus' ›Spherics‹

Early Translation and al-Māhānī / al-Harawī's Version

Roshdi Rashed, Athanase Papadopoulos

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Arabic

De Gruyter
23 October 2017

Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; Middle Eastern history; Ancient history: to c 500 CE; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Non-Euclidean geometry

Series: Scientia Graeco-Arabica

Despite its importance in the history of Ancient science, Menelaus’ Spherics is still by and large unknown. This treatise, which lies at the foundation of spherical geometry, is lost in Greek but has been preserved in its Arabic versions. The reader will find here, for the first time edited and translated into English, the essentials of this tradition, namely: a fragment of an early Arabic translation and the first Arabic redaction of the Spherics composed by al-Māhānī /al-Harawī, together with a historical and mathematical study of Menelaus’ treatise. With this book, a new and important part of the Greek and Arabic legacy to the history of mathematics comes to light. This book will be an indispensable acquisition for any reader interested in the history of Ancient geometry and science and, more generally, in Greek and Arabic science and culture.

By: Roshdi Rashed, Athanase Papadopoulos
Imprint: De Gruyter
Country of Publication: Germany
Volume: 21
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 46mm
Weight: 1.608kg
ISBN: 9783110568233
ISBN 10: 3110568233
Series: Scientia Graeco-Arabica
Pages: 888
Publication Date: 23 October 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roshdi Rashed, Université Paris / University of Tokyo; Athanase Papadopoulos, Université de Strasbourg.

Reviews for Menelaus' ›Spherics‹: Early Translation and al-Māhānī / al-Harawī's Version

This is a definitive, monumental work on Menelaus's Spherics. Victor V. Pambuccian in: Zentralblatt fur Mathematik 1400.01002

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Menelaus' ›Spherics‹

Early Translation and al-Māhānī / al-Harawī's Version

Roshdi Rashed, Athanase Papadopoulos

$556.95 $445.54

Hardback

Reviews for Menelaus' ›Spherics‹: Early Translation and al-Māhānī / al-Harawī's Version

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