According to Carl Apollonius.
Boyer's A History of Mathematics, Papus' Treasury of Analysis listed treatises by Aristaeus, Euclid, Eratosthenes,and
Conics had 487 theorems ...so the last (eigth) lost book had 105 theorems currently missing ... Cutting of a Ratio, On Means, and Porisms are all missing ... just think if we they weren't lost ... we might have already had a settlement on Mars ... maybe ... maybe not ... you never know
I am particularly intrigued by Porisms ... aren't you?
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Showing posts with label Mathematics. Show all posts
Monday, June 4, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
ARCHIMEDES PALIMPSEST ... another hidden treasure
So what is this ARCHIMEDES PALIMPSEST?
It contains A's books:
Equilibrium of Planes
Spiral Lines
The Measurement of the Circle
Sphere and Cylinder
On Floating Bodies
The Method of Mechanical Theorems
Stomachion
According to Jonathan Fildes of the BBC ... X-rays reveal Archimedes' secrets "A series of hidden texts written by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being revealed by US scientists."
Now that's a story ... of seriously missing manuscripts
more on the Palimpsests
It contains A's books:
Equilibrium of Planes
Spiral Lines
The Measurement of the Circle
Sphere and Cylinder
On Floating Bodies
The Method of Mechanical Theorems
Stomachion
According to Jonathan Fildes of the BBC ... X-rays reveal Archimedes' secrets "A series of hidden texts written by the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes are being revealed by US scientists."
Now that's a story ... of seriously missing manuscripts
more on the Palimpsests
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