The Works of Archimedes:Translation and Commentary(Volume 1, The Two Books On the Sphere and the Cylinder)

Archimedes was the greatest scientist of antiquity and one of the greatest of all time. This book is Volume I of the first authoritative translation of his works into English. It is also the first publication of a major ancient Greek mathematician to include a critical edition of the diagrams and the first translation into English of Eutocius' ancient commentary on Archimedes. Furthermore, it is the first work to offer recent evidence based on the Archimedes Palimpsest, the major source for Archimedes, lost between 1915 and 1998. A commentary on the translated text studies the cognitive practice assumed in writing and reading the work, and it is Reviel Netz's aim to recover the original function of the text as an act of communication. Particular attention is paid to the aesthetic dimension of Archimedes' writings. Taken as a whole, the commentary offers a groundbreaking approach to the study of mathematical texts.

Jim Wilson is a wildlife writer, broadcaster, filmmaker, tour leader and former chairman of BirdWatch Ireland. He co-wrote Birdlife in Ireland (Dublin 1996) and Ireland's Garden Birds (Cork 2008). Involved in the conservation of shorebirds in Ireland for many years, he regularly contributed to surveys and to Operation Godwit, an international study of the Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit.
Mark Carmody spent three years as a postdoctoral researcher in the field of genetics following completion of a PhD at University College Cork, Ireland. Currently working as a trainee European Patent Attorney in Dublin, he has written for Wings, is a member of Birdwatch Ireland, and is one of the editors of the Cork Bird Report.