Subject: Re: [HM] History of the Conics
From: Samuel S. Kutler (s-kutler@sjca.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 06 2000 - 01:23:13 EST
You wrote
> I'm wondering how Apollonius (or someone else?) first made the
> connection between the shapes--parabola, ellipse, hyperbola--and the
> slicing of a cone to generate those shapes.
> Also, can anyone recommend an informative book on the subject?
> Thanks.
I recommend
An Introduction to the Ancient and Modern Geometry of Conics
by Charles Taylor, Cambridge, Deighton Bell and Company, 1881
Best wishes,
Sam Kutler
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