Michael N. Fried Livres

The volume presents the first complete English translation of Edmond Halley's reconstruction of Book VIII of Apollonius's Conics, a foundational work in advanced mathematics from antiquity. It includes supplementary notes that enhance the understanding of the text, making this edition a valuable resource for both scholars and enthusiasts of mathematical history.

This volume contains a historically sensitive analysis and interpretation of Apollonius of Perga's Conica, one of the greatest works of Hellenistic mathematics. It provides a long overdue alternative to H. G. Zeuthen's Die Lehre von den Kogelschnitten im Altertum .