Author :
Diocles (Mathematician)
Title :
Diocles on burning mirrors
Author Statement :
edited, with English translation and commentary by G. J. Toomer
Publication :
Springer-Verlag
Collation :
ix, 249 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Series :
Sources in the history of mathematics and physical sciences ; v. 1
Notes :
Translation of Peri pyreion; the Arabic translation has title: Fi al-maraya al muhriqah
Subject :
Mathematics, Greek,Conic sections -- Early works to 1800
ADDED ENTRIES :
Toomer, G. J,Title: Fi al-maraya al-muhriqah
Holding Info. :
0387074783
SubTitle :
: the Arabic translation of the lost Greek original
Index :
Includes indexes.
Biblography :
Bibliography: p. 217-223.
