No exaggeration: Scientists rediscover lost works of Apollonius in a 17th-century manuscript
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Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition
Scientists spell out Islamic scientific traditions in a new a volume dedicated to unlocking the secrets of oriental ...
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Scientists review Arabic manuscript containing lost works of Apollonius and shed light on Islamic scientific tradition
According to the volume, "The Conics of Apollonius (c. 2.00 BCE) was one of the most profound works of ancient Greek mathematics. The work deals with the theory of ellipses, parabolas, and ...