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Apollonius: Conics Books V to VII

The Arabic Translation of the Lost Greek Original in the Version of the Banū Mūsā

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Gerald J. Toomer

    1. History of Mathematics Department, Brown University, Providence, USA

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Part of the book series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (SOURCES, volume 9)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xcv
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  2. Conics: Text and Translation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Fifth Book

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      Pages 2-261

    3. The Sixth Book

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      Pages 262-381

    4. The Seventh Book

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      Pages 382-547

  3. Notes on the Text and Translation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 549-549
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    2. Notes on Book V

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      Pages 551-575

    3. Notes on Book VI

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      Pages 576-594

    4. Notes on Book VII

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      Pages 595-618

  5. Figures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 663-663
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    2. Figures to the Introduction

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      Pages 665-679

    3. Figures to Book V

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      Pages 680-745

    4. Figures to Book VI

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      Pages 746-778

    5. Figures to Book VII

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      Pages 779-834

    6. Figures to the Appendices

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      Pages 835-843

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 845-891
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About this book

With the publication of this book I discharge a debt which our era has long owed to the memory of a great mathematician of antiquity: to pub­ lish the /llost books" of the Conics of Apollonius in the form which is the closest we have to the original, the Arabic version of the Banu Musil. Un­ til now this has been accessible only in Halley's Latin translation of 1710 (and translations into other languages entirely dependent on that). While I yield to none in my admiration for Halley's edition of the Conics, it is far from satisfying the requirements of modern scholarship. In particular, it does not contain the Arabic text. I hope that the present edition will not only remedy those deficiencies, but will also serve as a foundation for the study of the influence of the Conics in the medieval Islamic world. I acknowledge with gratitude the help of a number of institutions and people. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, by the award of one of its Fellowships for 1985-86, enabled me to devote an unbroken year to this project, and to consult essential material in the Bodleian Li­ brary, Oxford, and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. Corpus Christi Col­ lege, Cambridge, appointed me to a Visiting Fellowship in Trinity Term, 1988, which allowed me to make good use of the rich resources of both the University Library, Cambridge, and the Bodleian Library.

Editors and Affiliations

  • History of Mathematics Department, Brown University, Providence, USA

    Gerald J. Toomer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Apollonius: Conics Books V to VII

  • Book Subtitle: The Arabic Translation of the Lost Greek Original in the Version of the Banū Mūsā

  • Editors: Gerald J. Toomer

  • Series Title: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8985-9

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1990

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-97216-9Published: 02 May 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-8987-3Published: 08 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8985-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6315

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: C, 890

  • Topics: Geometry

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