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from Galveston, TX
Author
Thomas L. Heath
ISBN #
0486240738
Astronomy as a science began with the Ionian philosophers, with whom Greek philosophy and mathematics also began. While the Egyptians and Babylonians had accomplished much of astronomical worth, it remained for the unrivalled speculative genius of the Greeks, in particular, their mathematical genius...
Author
Sir Thomas L. Heath, Space
Binding
Paperback
Pages
256
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN #
0486266206
EAN Code
9780486266206
ISBN #
12
Volume 2 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the Elements plus critical analysis of each definition, postulate, and proposition. Covers textual and linguistic matters; mathematical analyses of Euclid's ideas; classical, medieval, Renaissance and modern commentators; r...
Author
Thomas L. Heath, Euclid
Binding
Paperback
Pages
464
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN #
0486600890
EAN Code
9780486600895
ISBN #
10
The complete works of antiquity's great geometer appear here in a highly accessible English translation by a distinguished scholar. Remarkable for his range of thought and his mastery of treatment, Archimedes addressed such topics as the famous problems of the ratio of the areas of a cylinder and an...
Author
Archimedes, Mathematics
Binding
Paperback
Pages
576
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN #
0486420841
EAN Code
9780486420844
ISBN #
8
"As it is, the book is indispensable; it has, indeed, no serious English rival." — Times Literary Supplement."Sir Thomas Heath, foremost English historian of the ancient exact sciences in the twentieth century." — Professor W. H. Stahl"Indeed, seeing that so much of Greek is mathematics, it is argua...
Author
Sir Thomas Heath
Binding
Paperback
Pages
464
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN #
0486240738
EAN Code
9780486240732
ISBN #
5
"As it is, the book is indispensable; it has, indeed, no serious English rival." — Times Literary Supplement"Sir Thomas Heath, foremost English historian of the ancient exact sciences in the twentieth century." — Prof. W. H. Stahl"Indeed, seeing that so much of Greek is mathematics, it is arguable t...
Author
Sir Thomas Heath
Binding
Paperback
Pages
608
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN #
0486240746
EAN Code
9780486240749
ISBN #
4
This is the definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time—the full Euclid, not an abridgement. Utilizing the text established by Heiberg, Sir Thomas Heath encompasses almost 2500 years of mathematical and historical study upon Euclid.This unabridged republication of the origina...
Author
Thomas L. Heath, Euclid
Binding
Paperback
Pages
574
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN #
0486600904
EAN Code
9780486600901
ISBN #
3
Recent decades have witnessed a renaissance of theological interpretation. Craig Bartholomew, coauthor of the bestselling The Drama of Scripture, and Heath Thomas bring together a team of specialists to articulate a multifaceted vision for returning rigorous biblical interpretation to the context of...
Binding
Paperback
Pages
304
Publisher
Baker Academic
ISBN #
0801030870
EAN Code
9780801030871
ISBN #
2
This is the definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time — the full Euclid, not an abridgement. Using the text established by Heiberg, Sir Thomas Heath encompasses almost 2,500 years of mathematical and historical study upon Euclid.This unabridged republication of the original...
Author
Thomas L. Heath, Euclid
Binding
Paperback
Pages
464
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN #
0486600882
EAN Code
9780486600888
ISBN #
1