Description: Works of Archimedes : The Two Books on the Sphere and the Cylinder: Translation and Commentary, Paperback by Archimedes; Netz, Reviel (EDT), ISBN 0521117984, ISBN-13 9780521117982, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Each year, over 20 million shorebirds fly south for the winter from northern latitudes; many of these spend the winter on Ireland's shores, or simply break their migration here to rest and refuel. This book introduces the shorebirds that live between the tides in Ireland, on mudflats and shingle, in estuaries and beaches, bays and rocky shores. Description of how the birds have adapted to this often harsh environment and how they have evolved ways of exploiting the food supply is followed by an account of their astonishing annual migrations between Ireland and places as distant as Arctic Canada and Siberia. One chapter describes the special role of Iceland in the lives of many of our shorebirds. Species portraits of the birds most likely to be seen in Ireland are enhanced with outstanding images, which capture the beauty and variety of these birds and their environment. Maps are provided, giving a general picture of the migratory range of each of the more common species. Mark Carmody spent many long hours in the field to provide these captivating and never-before-published photographs which coupled with Jim Wilson's engaging and informative text, will increase our appreciation and understanding of these remarkable birds and their intertidal world. Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. This book is volume 1 of the first fully fledged translation of his works into English. It is also the first publication of a major ancient Greek mathematician to include a critical edition of the diagrams, and the first translation into English of Eutocius' ancient commentary on Archimedes. Furthermore, it is the first work to offer recent evidence based on the Archimedes Palimpsest, the major source for Archimedes, lost between 1915 and 1998. A commentary on the translated text studies the cognitive practice assumed in writing and reading the work, and it is Reviel Netz's aim to recover the original function of the text as an act of communication. Particular attention is paid to the aesthetic dimension of Archimedes writings. Taken as a whole, the commentary offers a groundbreaking approach to the study of mathematical texts.
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Book Title: Works of Archimedes : The Two Books on the Sphere and the Cylinde
Author: Archimedes; Netz, Reviel (EDT)
Language: English
