Positive surprise

I just received the "Greek Mathematical Works Collection" from the pre-pub oven. I did not expect it to have any references/tags beyond itself, but it seems to have some links to the Perseus library and perhaps also elsewhere.

Many words seem to have also the morphology.

Learning Greek from a math book might be interesting to do for a while.

Many great mathematicians in the 18th century read the New Testament in Greek and thus we still have Greek letters in math books.

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Veli Voipio

Well, this has 482 views and no comments in 21 hours [:(]

EastTN

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/680407#Comment_680407

Well, this has 482 views and no comments in 21 hours

Probably because of the holidays. This is the first time I've been online since Christmas Eve. To your point, though, it's always great to get more than you expect! I particularly appreciate thorough linking.

James Hiddle

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/680483#Comment_680483

Well I don't have it but it does looks interesting. Thanks for mentioning it.

God Bless you always forever!

James

DMB

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I was waiting on my Dec 30 downloads to get the whole shebang ('God Speaks Greek', etc). I'm really quite curious on the math volume.

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OK: Downloaded it (along with interesting quote from Tov). Just to avoid heart attacks, there's both english and greek. And interesting math puzzles. Good 4 volume work.

I thought this one was interesting (today earlier, I was reading how to pour concrete into sea water at Caesaria, 2000 yrs ago ... yes, in Logos):

(k) HYDROSTATICS

(i.) Postulates

Archimedes, On Floating Bodies i., Archim. ed. Heiberg ii. 318. 2–8

Let the nature of a fluid be assumed to be such that, of its parts which lie evenly and are continuous, that which is under the lesser pressure is driven along by that under the greater pressure, and each of its parts is under pressure from the fluid which is perpendicularly above it, except when the fluid is enclosed in something and is under pressure from something else.

Ibid. i., Archim. ed. Heiberg ii. 336. 14–16

Let it be assumed that, of bodies which are borne upwards in a fluid, each is borne upwards along the perpendicular drawn through its centre of grayity.