Heron of Alexandria

Dietmar Herrmann ()

Chapter Chapter 17 in Ancient Mathematics, 2022, pp 279-305 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The life data of Heron of Alexandria (Ἥρων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς) are not yet certain. According to the sources, he must have lived after Archimedes, but before Pappos, i.e. vaguely between 200 BC and 300 AD. A more precise mapping of all lunar eclipses by O. Neugebauer in 1938 showed that Heron probably lived in the first century AD.

Date: 2022
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-662-66494-0_17

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9783662664940

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-66494-0_17

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().