Mathematizing Space | The Objects of Geometry from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age

Vincenzo De Risi

ISBN 10: 3319379844 / ISBN 13: 9783319379845

Published by Birkhäuser, 2016

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Mathematizing Space | The Objects of Geometry from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age | Vincenzo De Risi | Taschenbuch | ix | Englisch | 2016 | Birkhäuser | EAN 9783319379845 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Basel AG in Springer Science + Business Media, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathematizing Space | The Objects of Geometry from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age
• Publisher: Birkhäuser
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319379844
• ISBN 13: 9783319379845
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 18D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 18 millimeters depth
• Weight: 499 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This book collects the papers of the conference held in Berlin, Germany, 27-29 August 2012, on 'Space, Geometry and the Imagination from Antiquity to the Modern Age'. The conference was a joint effort by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) and the Centro die Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi (Pisa).

From the Back Cover

This book brings together papers of the conference on 'Space, Geometry and the Imagination from Antiquity to the Modern Age' held in Berlin, Germany, 27-29 August 2012. Focusing on the interconnections between the history of geometry and the philosophy of space in the pre-Modern and Early Modern Age, the essays in this volume are particularly directed toward elucidating the complex epistemological revolution that transformed the classical geometry of figures into the modern geometry of space.

Contributors:

Graciela De Pierris
Franco Farinelli
Michael Friedman
Daniel Garber
Jeremy Gray
Gary Hatfield
Andrew Janiak
Douglas Jesseph
Alexander Jones
Henry Mendell
David Rabouin