Just be careful, though (writing as a native English speaker), because
the word 'polymath' for English speaker is not a reference to
mathematicians at all. (Greek/mathē/ means 'learning' not mathematics).
Translators are well aware of the danger of homonyms, and if you go for
a title like Manual for Polymathematicians, then the word is being
wrongly used. There is a word 'polymath' in English, but not
'polymathematician', unless of course you make it clear that it is
merely a play on words. But personally, I'd avoid that.
Julian
On 26/1/22 20:36, Hans Hagen via ntg-context wrote:
On 1/26/2022 10:23 AM, Jean-Pierre Delange via ntg-context wrote:
In line with what Otared writes about the measurement of distances in
the context of Persia and ancient Rome, I am always very surprised to
see the precision of the measurements in the evaluation of the
circumference of the earth by Eratosthenes of Cyrene. What intrigues
me is not really the geometry calculations involved, but the
calculation of the distance between Aswan and Alexandria. There is
little information on the taking of this measurement: is it Egyptian
surveyors (bematists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bematist) or the
use of an instrument equivalent to a pedometer? see here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
Eratosthenes of Cyrene was a Greek polymath ...
Ah ... that makes a great subtitle for Mikaels upcoming math manual:
"A manual for polymathematicians"
A polymath (Greek: πολυμαθής, polymathēs, "having learned much";
and then we can talk 'polymathematical typesetting' and such (I'm sure
that Arthur can come up with a reflective historical tex-talk.)
Hans
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