Frans Bruin (5 results)

Condition: Very Good. 70 pp., hardcover, lacks the jacket, minor library markings, else text and binding clean, tight and bright. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.…

Cloth in Dust wrappers. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. ix, 83 pp of English text + 70 pp of Greek text; biblio, figures. Translated & Edited by Frans Bruin, Professor of Physics and Alexander Vondjidis, Assistant Professor of Physics at The American University of Beirut. HARDBACK Binding in Dust wrappers. small peeling on the top of the wrapped cover, other than that, the Book in very good condition. These treatises by the Greek mathematician Autolykos of Pitane were written around 320 B.C.They form the oldest material on Greek mathematical astronomy that has survived in a well preserved form.This book contains the complete text in Greek and in English. The Greek text is based on the critical edition of Joseph Mogenet. The English translation is published here for the first time. The Books of Autolykos deal with the simple geometry of points and large circles on a sphere, applying the axiomatic method systematically for the first time. This is the method by which we have all learnt our geometry and which has been the basis of western mathematical thinking for the subsequent twenty-three centuries. The treatment is thought to have been typical of the work of the students of Eudoxos, and a prelude to the books of Euclid. These tracts give a clear insight into the status of Greek mathematical astronomy just before the initiation of the famous School of Alexandria. #20630. …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. x, 83 pp; 34 figs.; 1 leaf, 70 pp; 34 figs, English & Greek text, translated & edited by Frans Bruin and Alexander Vondjidis, cloth in dust wrapper, jacket lightly rubbed round edges, otherwise copy in mint condition. These treatises by the Greek mathematician Autolykos of Pitane were written around 320 B.C. They form the oldest material on Greek mathematical astronomy that has survived in a well preserved form. This book contains the complete text in Greek and in English. The Greek text is based on the critical edition of Joseph Mogenet. The English translation is published here for the first time. The Books of Autolykos deal with the simple geometry of points and large circles on a sphere, applying the axiomatic method systematically for the first time. #12966.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. 576 pages (mostly colour) illus., 2 folding panels. 31 cm x 24 cm.

Condition: Buono (Good). 8 pagine di testo non numerate con le referenze bibliografiche, 58 tavole a colori 55,5 x 41 cm. Cartella in tutta tela con gli angoli in pelle, 58 x 43 cm. Titoli in oro su vignetta al piatti. Molto buono. Edizione d'arte in mille copie numerate, esemplare n. 625. Buono (Good).…