A Centennial for Two Great Scholars: Heiberg's Translation of the Lost Palimpsest of Archimedes - 1907 and Heath's Publication on Euclid's Elements - 1908

Authors

Shirley B. Gray, California State University, Los Angeles

Document Type

Presentation Abstract

Presentation Date

10-15-2007

Abstract

One century ago two of the greatest classical scholars in the history of mathematics translated a lost palimpsest to try to answer the question: "Did Archimedes (ca. 250 BC) really have the fundamental concepts of infinitesimal calculus?" In this talk I will trace the search for an answer from 1907 to 2007. The materials presented have been collected at Oxford, Cambridge, London, Copenhagen, Vatican City, Jerusalem, and Constantinople as well as in cities across our country.

Additional Details

Monday, 15 October 2007
4:10 p.m. in Math 312
3:30 p.m. Refreshments in Math Lounge 109

Recommended Citation

Gray, Shirley B., "A Centennial for Two Great Scholars: Heiberg's Translation of the Lost Palimpsest of Archimedes - 1907 and Heath's Publication on Euclid's Elements - 1908" (2007). Colloquia of the Department of Mathematical Sciences. 271.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mathcolloquia/271