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The Geometrical Work Of Girard Desargues
. Ed(S): Field, Judith V.; Gray, Jeremy J.
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Paperback. Editor(s): Field, Judith V.; Gray, Jeremy J. Num Pages: 237 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 387.
Our main purpose in this book is to present an English translation of Desargues' Rough Draft of an Essay on the results of taking plane sections of a cone (1639), the pamphlet with which the modem study of projective geometry began. Despite its acknowledged importance in the history of mathematics, the work has never been translated before in its entirety, although short extracts have appeared in several source books. The problems of making Desargues' work accessible to modem mathematicians and historians of mathematics have led us to provide a fairly elaborate introduction, and to include translations of other relevant works. ... Read more
Our main purpose in this book is to present an English translation of Desargues' Rough Draft of an Essay on the results of taking plane sections of a cone (1639), the pamphlet with which the modem study of projective geometry began. Despite its acknowledged importance in the history of mathematics, the work has never been translated before in its entirety, although short extracts have appeared in several source books. The problems of making Desargues' work accessible to modem mathematicians and historians of mathematics have led us to provide a fairly elaborate introduction, and to include translations of other relevant works. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461386940
SKU
V9781461386940
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