Mathematician:Paul Tannery

Mathematician
French mathematician and historian best known for his work on the history of Greek mathematics.

Edited the works of, and.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 20 Dec 1843, Mantes-la-Jolie, Yvelines, France
 * Died: 27 Nov 1904 in Pantin, Seine-St Denis, France

Publications

 * 1830 - 1842: Cours de philosophie positive, six volumes
 * 1884: Notes pour l'histoire des lignes et surfaces courbes dans l'antiquité (in Bulletin des sciences mathém. et astronom., 2 sér. VIII, pp. 108-109)
 * 1884: Sur l'authenticité des axiomes d'Euclide (in Bulletin des sciences mathém. et astronom. p 162 $\to$)
 * 1887: A history of Greek science
 * 1887: La Géométrie grecque (a history of Greek geometry), referred to extensively in 's edition of
 * 1893: A history of ancient astronomy

Also contributed to the editorship of the following:


 * 1891 - 1896: Oeuvres de , three volumes (with Charles Henry)
 * 1893 - 1895: The work of, two volumes, in Greek
 * 1897 - 1913: Oeuvres de , twelve volumes (contributing editor)