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This book is at once an analytical study of one of the most important mathematical texts of antiquity, the Mathematical Collection of the fourth-century AD mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, and also an examination of the work's wider cultural setting. This is one of very few books to deal extensively with the mathematics of Late Antiquity. It sees Pappus' text as part of a wider context and relates it to other contemporary cultural practices and opens new avenues to research into the public understanding of mathematics and mathematical disciplines in antiquity.

Greek mathematics --- Griekse wiskunde --- Mathematics [Greek ] --- Mathématiques grecques --- Wiskunde [Griekse ] --- Mathematics, Greek --- Pappus, --- Geometry --- Pappus of Alexandria --- Alexandria, Pappus of --- Pappos, --- Πάππος, --- Mathematics, Greek. --- Mathématiques grecques --- Pappus --- Mathematial collectons --- Pappus, - of Alexandria - Mathematical collections

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Ptolemy's Geography is the only book on cartography to have survived from the classical period and one of the most influential scientific works of all time. Written in the second century AD, for more than fifteen centuries it was the most detailed topography of Europe and Asia available and the best reference on how to gather data and draw maps. Ptolemy championed the use of astronomical observation and applied mathematics in determining geographical locations. But more importantly, he introduced the practice of writing down coordinates of latitude and longitude for every feature drawn on a world map, so that someone else possessing only the text of the Geography could reproduce Ptolemy's map at any time, in whole or in part, at any scale. Here Berggren and Jones render an exemplary translation of the Geography and provide a thorough introduction, which treats the historical and technical background of Ptolemy's work, the contents of the Geography, and the later history of the work.

Cartography --- Geography, Ancient. --- Ptolemy, --- Ancient geography --- Geography --- Cartography, Primitive --- Chartography --- Map-making --- Mapmaking --- Mapping (Cartography) --- Mathematical geography --- Surveying --- Map projection --- Maps --- Agrippa. --- Aristotle. --- Babylon. --- Baetis. --- Baktra. --- Canopus. --- Carthage. --- Diller. --- Diogenes. --- Dioskoros. --- Ekbatana. --- Erasmus. --- Ganges. --- Hebrides. --- Heron. --- Imaos. --- Issos. --- Julius Maternus. --- Kouroula. --- Londinium. --- Madaba mosaic. --- Marcianus. --- Nasamones. --- Nobbe. --- Pachynus. --- Pappus. --- Ravenna. --- Rome. --- Seleucia. --- Tacitus. --- Theophilos. --- Werner. --- Zeugma. --- graticule. --- horizon. --- league. --- optics. --- parasang. --- precession. --- satrapies. --- zodiac. --- Kartografi --- Geografi --- Cartography. --- Greece. --- al-Yūnān --- Ancient Greece --- Ellada --- Ellas --- Ellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Elliniki Dimokratia --- Grčija --- Grèce --- Grecia --- Gret︠s︡ii︠a︡ --- Griechenland --- Hellada --- Hellas --- Hellenic Republic --- Hellēnikē Dēmokratia --- Kingdom of Greece --- République hellénique --- Royaume de Grèce --- Vasileion tēs Hellados --- Xila --- Yaṿan --- Yūnān --- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία --- Ελλάς --- Ελλάδα --- Греция --- اليونان --- يونان --- 希腊 --- Gret͡sii͡