Apollonius was one of the founding fathers of mathematical astronomy in ancient Greece. He also originated the geometric shapes and terms that would become central to Newtonian astronomical physics nearly 20 centuries later. He may have even prefigured...

The Greek mathematician Apollonius of Perga (active 210 BC) was known as the "Great Geometer." He influenced the development of analytic geometry and substantially advanced mechanics, navigation, and astronomy. Very little is known about the life of...

Although little is known of Apollonius' early life, he is thought to have been born about 261 b.c. in Alexandria, Egypt. He may have studied mathematics at the Museum in Alexandria, the school where the renowned mathematician, Euclid, taught. In any...

c. 262-c. 190 B.C. Greek Mathematician Though he is known as "The Great Geometer," even that title fails to do justice to Apollonius of Perga and his career. His Conics laid the foundations for Newtonian astronomy, ballistics, rocketry,...

Apollonius of Perga may not have known his contemporary Archimedes, but he did improve upon Archimedes' calculation of the value of...

Apollonius of Perga [Pergaeus] (ca. 262 BC–ca. 190 BC) was a Greek geometer and astronomer, of the Alexandrian school, noted for his writings on conic sections. His innovative methodology and terminology, especially in the field of conics,...

INTRODUCTION Eves [2, p. 149 ] calls Euclid, Archimedes and Apollonius "the three mathematical giants of the third century B.C.". Apollonius' fame comes from his extensive work on Conic sections. He also provided us with one of the most famous classical construction problems,...

Miracle and Magic: A Study in the Acts of the Apostles and the Life of Apollonius of Tyana, by Andy M. Reimer. JSNTSup 235. London: Sheffield Aeademic Press, 2002. Pp. xviii + 277. $110.00. In recent years, a number of books have appeared...

Apollonius was born in Perga, Pamphylia which is today known as Murtina which is now in Antalya, Turkey. At the time of Apollonius, Perga was a center of culture and a place of worship. He lived during the latter part of the golden age of Greek Mathematics.