Item #007606 Heronis Alexandrini Geometricorum et Stereometricorum Reliquiae: Accedunt Didymi Alexandrini Mensurae Marmorum et Anonymi Variae Collectiones ex Herone Euclide Gemino Proclo Anatolio Aliisque. of Alexandria Hero, Friedrich Otto Hultsch.
Heronis Alexandrini Geometricorum et Stereometricorum Reliquiae: Accedunt Didymi Alexandrini Mensurae Marmorum et Anonymi Variae Collectiones ex Herone Euclide Gemino Proclo Anatolio Aliisque

Heronis Alexandrini Geometricorum et Stereometricorum Reliquiae: Accedunt Didymi Alexandrini Mensurae Marmorum et Anonymi Variae Collectiones ex Herone Euclide Gemino Proclo Anatolio Aliisque

S.l. s.n., 2010. Paperback. [2], xxiv, 333, [3] p.; 25 cm. Paperback with standard POD cover. In Greek and Latin. An undated facsimile printing of the 1864 edition, probably printed about 2010. Hero of Alexandria (c. 10 AD-c. 70 AD) was a mathematician and engineer in Roman Egypt. As a mathematician he is remembered for Heron's formula for calculating the area of a triangle using the lengths of its sides. Much of his writing and designs have been lost but some of was preserved in Latin or Arabic translations. In Very Good Condition: closed 2-cm. tear at head of front joint; edges of cover rubbed; pages are clean and tight. Very Good. Item #007606
ISBN: 9781142231125

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