Download or read book The Ancient Tradition of Geometric Problems written by Wilbur Richard Knorr and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated study focuses on attempts by ancient Greeks to solve three classical problems: cube duplication, angle trisection, and circle quadrature. Origins of the study of conics, introduction of special mechanical curves, more. 1986 edition.