WHY HAVE A FRONTISPIECE? EXAMPLES FROM THE MICHALOWICZ COLLECTION AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
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WHY HAVE A FRONTISPIECE, EXAMPLES FROM THE MICHALOWICZ COLLECTION AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITYAbstract
When Henry Savile, who was noted for his mathematical breadth and knowledge of ancient texts, initiated a series of lectures at Oxford on the Almagest of Ptolemy on October 10,
1570, he began with these words of the Roman architect Vitruvius
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[2] Allaire, P. R. and Cupillari, A., “Artemas Martin: an amateur mathematician of the nineteenth century and his contribution to mathematics,” The College Mathematics Journal, 31 (1) (2000), 22–34.
[3] Anonymous, “An account of a book, viz. Euclidis quæ supersunt omnia . . . ,” Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, vol. 24 (1704–1705), pp. 1558– 1560.
[4] Barrow-Green, June, “ ‘Much necessary for all sortes of men’: 450 years of Euclid’s Elements in English,” BSHM Bulletin, 21 (1), 2006, 2–25.
[5] Bryan, Michael (1757-1821), Bryan’s dictionary of painters and engravers. New ed., rev. and enl. under the supervision of George C. Williamson. London, G. Bell, 1903–1905. See vol. 1, p. 216.
[6] Bulmer-Thomas, Ivor, “Apollonius from the Arabic,” The Classical Review, n.s., vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 313–314, 1991.
[7] Cajori, Florian, “A curious mathematical title-page,” The Scientific Monthly, 14 (1922), 293–295.
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FASANELLI, Florence D.; RICKEY, V. Frederick. WHY HAVE A FRONTISPIECE? EXAMPLES FROM THE MICHALOWICZ COLLECTION AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY. Brazilian Journal on the History of Mathematics, São Paulo, p. 09, 2020. DOI: 10.47976/RBHM2007vn09. Disponível em: https://mail.rbhm.org.br/index.php/RBHM/article/view/289. Acesso em: 25 nov. 2024.
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