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Apollonius of Perga
Greek mathematician
Also known as: “The Great Geometer”
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Science & Tech
- Died:
- c. 190, Alexandria, Egypt
- Subjects Of Study:
- conic section
- planet
- space motion
Apollonius of Perga (born c. 240 bc, Perga, Pamphylia, Anatolia—died c. 190, Alexandria, Egypt) was a mathematician, known by his contemporaries as “the Great Geometer,” whose treatise Conics is one of the greatest scientific works from the ancient world. Most of his other treatises are now lost, although their titles and a general indication of their contents were passed on by later writers, especially Pappus of Alexandria (fl. c. ad 320). Apollonius’s work inspired much of the advancement of geometry in the Islamic world in medieval times, and the rediscovery of his Conics in Renaissance Europe formed a good part ...(100 of 841 words)