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Menelaus' ›Spherics‹ : Early Translation and Al-Māhānī / Al-Harawī's Version.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Scientia Graeco-Arabica SeriesPublisher: Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (888 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783110571424
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Menelaus' ›Spherics‹LOC classification:
  • QA643 .R374 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- FOREWORD -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER 1: MENELAUS AND HIS WRITINGS -- CHAPTER 2: THE REDACTION OF THE SPHERICS BY AL-MĀHĀNĪ AND AL-HARAWĪ -- CHAPTER 3: AN ELEVENTH-CENTURY WITNESS OF THE TRANSLATIONS OF THE SPHERICS: IBN HŪD -- EDITION AND TRANSLATION OF MENELAUS' PROPOSITIONS QUOTED IN IBN HŪD'S ENCYCLOPEDIA -- PART II: MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY -- CHAPTER 1: THE MATHEMATICAL CONTENT OF THE SPHERICS -- CHAPTER 2: THE PROPOSITIONS -- PART III: TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS -- CHAPTER 1: THE SPHERICS: A FRAGMENT OF AN ANCIENT TRANSLATION -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION: Menelaus' Treatise on the Spherics -- CHAPTER 2: THE SPHERICS: THE VERSION OF AL-MĀHĀNĪ AND AL-HARAWĪ -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION: The Treatise of Menelaus on the Spherical Figures -- POSTFACE: SPHERICAL GEOMETRY: A FEW MARKERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ARABIC-ENGLISH GLOSSARY -- INDEXES.
Summary: The series is devoted to the study of scientific and philosophical texts from the Classical and the Islamic world handed down in Arabic. Through critical text editions and monographs, it provides access to ancient scientific inquiry as it developed in a continuous tradition from Antiquity to the modern period. All editions are accompanied by translations and philological and explanatory notes.
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Intro -- FOREWORD -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I -- CHAPTER 1: MENELAUS AND HIS WRITINGS -- CHAPTER 2: THE REDACTION OF THE SPHERICS BY AL-MĀHĀNĪ AND AL-HARAWĪ -- CHAPTER 3: AN ELEVENTH-CENTURY WITNESS OF THE TRANSLATIONS OF THE SPHERICS: IBN HŪD -- EDITION AND TRANSLATION OF MENELAUS' PROPOSITIONS QUOTED IN IBN HŪD'S ENCYCLOPEDIA -- PART II: MATHEMATICAL COMMENTARY -- CHAPTER 1: THE MATHEMATICAL CONTENT OF THE SPHERICS -- CHAPTER 2: THE PROPOSITIONS -- PART III: TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS -- CHAPTER 1: THE SPHERICS: A FRAGMENT OF AN ANCIENT TRANSLATION -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION: Menelaus' Treatise on the Spherics -- CHAPTER 2: THE SPHERICS: THE VERSION OF AL-MĀHĀNĪ AND AL-HARAWĪ -- TEXT AND TRANSLATION: The Treatise of Menelaus on the Spherical Figures -- POSTFACE: SPHERICAL GEOMETRY: A FEW MARKERS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ARABIC-ENGLISH GLOSSARY -- INDEXES.

The series is devoted to the study of scientific and philosophical texts from the Classical and the Islamic world handed down in Arabic. Through critical text editions and monographs, it provides access to ancient scientific inquiry as it developed in a continuous tradition from Antiquity to the modern period. All editions are accompanied by translations and philological and explanatory notes.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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