The practical element in ancient exact sciences

DOI10.1007/BF00869319zbMATH Open0692.01001OpenAlexW2057202323MaRDI QIDQ583175FDOQ583175

Authors: Wilbur R. Knorr 

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00869319

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zbMATH Keywords

geometrymechanicsEuclidArchimedesAutolycussphericsTheodosius

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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