Mathematical Collections (Commandino 1588)
Mathematicae Collectiones (Commandino 1588)
Pappus of Alexandria; Federico Commandino
Latin
1588
676 pages
First from Latin
English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
Pappus of Alexandria's 'Collection' (Mathematicae Collectiones) is a Greek work. Federico Commandino's 1588 edition is a Latin translation of the original Greek. While modern scholars have translated parts of the original Greek text into English (e.g., Alexander Jones's translation of Book 7, Heike Sefrin-Weis's translation of Book 4), there is no evidence of an English translation of Commandino's specific 1588 Latin text. Therefore, any English translation of the Latin text would be a first translation from that source.
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mathematicsastronomyhistorynatural-philosophy
Pappus of Alexandria and editor Federico Commandino bridge the gap between ancient geometric practice and Renaissance precision. This text preserves lost methods for solving classical problems like doubling the cube and squaring the circle.
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