Hero of Alexandria
Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria (Greek: 'Ἥρων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς') (c. 10–70 AD) was an ancient Greek mathematician and engineer.[1][2] He lived and worked in Alexandria when Alexander the Great ruled. He is known for his inventions and experiments. One of his well known inventions was the Aeolipile (a simple steam turbine). He also discovered a way to calculate square roots, and Heron's formula for finding the area of a triangle.
Cajori says "Hero was a practical surveyor, so it is not surprising to find little resemblance between his writing and those of Euclid or Apollonius".[3][4]
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Heronin aeolipiili
The book About automata by Hero of Alexandria (1589 edition)
References
- ↑ Schmidt-Heiberg, or Schoene: Hero of Alexandria: Opera. [Works] (Greek and German) Leipzig 1899–1914.
- ↑ Boyer. A History of Mathematics (1968). p. 171–172.
- ↑ Cajori F. 1930. A history of elementary mathematics. NY: Macmillan, p79.
- ↑ Cajori F. 1924. A history of mathematics. NY: Macmillan, p43 et seq.
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- The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria, from the Original Greek. Tr. and ed. by Bennet Woodcroft From the Collections at the Library of Congress
