A letter preserved in a manuscript of the 16th century belonged to Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, shows the high esteem bestowed on Archimedes at that time. An anonymous philologist was working on the critical edition of Pliny the Elder‟s Naturalis Historia and asked a mathematician for help in amending a doubtful lectio of a passage in the 2nd book. The philologist‟s interpretation is discussed and rejected by the mathematician thanks to the use of Archimedes‟ rule for the approximation of pi.
Browsing in a Renaissance philologist’s toolbox: Archimedes’ rule / N. Ambrosetti (HISTORY OF MECHANISM AND MACHINE SCIENCE). - In: The Genius of Archimedes : 23 centuries of influence on mathematics, science and engineering / [a cura di] S.A. Paipetis, M. Ceccarelli. - Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2010 Jun. - ISBN 9789048190904. - pp. 305-311 (( convegno The Genius of Archimedes : 23 centuries of influence on mathematics, science, and engineering tenutosi a Siracusa nel 2010.
Browsing in a Renaissance philologist’s toolbox: Archimedes’ rule
N. AmbrosettiPrimo
2010
Abstract
A letter preserved in a manuscript of the 16th century belonged to Gian Vincenzo Pinelli, shows the high esteem bestowed on Archimedes at that time. An anonymous philologist was working on the critical edition of Pliny the Elder‟s Naturalis Historia and asked a mathematician for help in amending a doubtful lectio of a passage in the 2nd book. The philologist‟s interpretation is discussed and rejected by the mathematician thanks to the use of Archimedes‟ rule for the approximation of pi.
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