Apollonios of Perge

Michael N. Fried

doi:10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah21031.pub2

Apollonios of Perge

Michael N. Fried

Program of Science & Technology Education

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Apollonios of Perge, along with Euclid and Archimedes, was one of the greatest mathematicians of the Hellenistic period. The work for which he is best known is his Conics in Eight Books. Even in the ancient period, this was a celebrated work and was the reason Apollonios came to be known as the “great geometer.” Most of his other works seem to have been geometrical in character, but there are some which may have been of a more general nature, and there is a reference to work he may have done in astronomy.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	The Encyclopedia of Ancient History
Pages	1-2
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9781444338386
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah21031.pub2
State	Published - Dec 2018

Keywords

Hellenistic Period
ancient Greek
history of science
intellectual history
medicine and technology

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