L’hydrostatique de Ménélaüs: Introduction, édition et traduction

Roshdi Rashed

Published by De Gruyter 2020

L’hydrostatique de Ménélaüs

Introduction, édition et traduction

Roshdi Rashed

Volume 27 in the series Scientia Graeco-Arabica

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110698985

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About this book

Menelaus of Alexandria (1st century CE) is the author of the treatise Sphaerica and as of a treatise on fluid statics. Both of these works only survive in Arabic translations. This book provides an editio princeps of Menelaus’s second text as well as the recently discovered commentary thereon, written by the philosopher and scholar Muhammad ibn al-Haytham (10th–11th century).

Ménélaüs d’Alexandrie (Ier siècle de notre ère) est l’auteur du traité Des figures sphériques et d’un traité de statique des fluides. Ces deux œuvres nous sont parvenues seulement en traduction arabe. On trouvera dans le présent livre une editio princeps du second texte de Ménélaüs, ainsi que le commentaire nouvellement découvert du philosophe et savant Muḥammad ibn al-Haytham (Xe–XIe siècle) à ce dernier.

Author / Editor information

Roshdi Rashed, CNRS, Paris, France / University of Tokyo, Japan.

Reviews

"Rashed has added to our knowledge of Menelaus and made a comparison of Archimedes and Menelaus more accessible to students of ancient mechanics. At the same time, he has made an important addition to the history of mechanics in medieval Islam. This erudite and meticulously executed book will hold the attention of any reader interested in a more complete retrieval of Hellenistic mathematics and mechanics." Jean De Groot in: BMCR 2023.02.25

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Table des matières Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction. L’hydrostatique de Ménélaüs et son commentaire au X^e siècle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapitre I. Le traité de Ménélaüs Sur les procédés ingénieux par lesquels on connait la quantité de chacun de plusieurs corps mélangés Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapitre II. Le commentaire du traité de Ménélaüs par Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Haytham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
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(Deutsch)

Languages: French, Arabic
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, Institutes, Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 166
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 16
Keywords: Menelaus the Mathematician; Muhammad ibn al-Haytham; Ancient hydrostatics; Greek science

eBook

Published: August 24, 2020
ISBN: 9783110698985

Hardcover

Published: August 24, 2020
ISBN: 9783110698152