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Compelling examples invite the reader to further explore the problems of geometry in ancient and modern times. The book will appeal to mathematicians interested in Geometry and to all readers with an interest in cultural history. From letters to the authors for the German language edition.
17 lip 2023 · Each chapter of the book starts with a table of key historical and cultural dates and ends with a summary of essential contents of geometry in the respective era. Compelling examples invite the reader to further explore the problems of geometry in ancient and modern times. -- from back cover
1 sty 2015 · Each chapter of the book starts with a table of key historical and cultural dates and ends with a summary of essential contents of geometr y in the respective era. Compelling examples invite...
At the heart of this book series is portraying the history of mathematics as an integral part of the history of mankind, particularly as a fundamental part of our cultural heritage. Both authors have done justice to this task in an impeccable manner. They have depicted the genesis of geometry and its in-V
After a 25-page chapter on the very early pre-history of the subject, discussing aspects of geometry in early Egypt and ancient Babylonia, the book moves forward about 2500 years in time and proceeds in chapter 2 to a fairly lengthy (100-page long) discussion of Greek mathematics.
5 maj 2015 · Introduction.- 1.The beginnings of geometrical representations and calculations.- 2.Geometry in the Greek-Hellenistic era and late Antiquity.- 3.Oriental and old American geometry.- 4.Geometry in the European Middle Ages.- 5.New impulses for geometry during the Renaissance.- 6.The development of geometry in the 17th/18th centuries.- 7.New paths ...
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