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The Reception of Archimedes' Work in Europe and in the Czech Lands

Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2012

Abstract

The chapter describes the reception of Archimedes' works in Europe since their inception to the present. It discusses how Archimedes' manuscripts have been preserved and printed, both in the original language and in translations.

Special attention is paid to the translations into Czech language, whose history is very interesting.