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Encounters with Euclid : how an ancient Greek geometry text shaped the world / / Benjamin Wardhaugh
| Encounters with Euclid : how an ancient Greek geometry text shaped the world / / Benjamin Wardhaugh |
| Autore | Wardhaugh Benjamin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (416 p.) : 34 b/w illus |
| Disciplina | 516.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geometry
Mathematics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Early works. |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Alfred North Whitehead
Baruch Spinoza Bodleian Library Copernicus Edna St. Vincent Millay Euclidean geometry Galileo Galilei Galileo Hobbes Johannes Kepler Kepler Platonic solids Proclus Ptolemaic Egypt Pythagorean theorem Spinoza Thales' theorem Thomas Hobbes Vatican Library book history geometric algebra golden ratio great books history of math history of mathematics history of the book lemma logic mathematical proofs music theory parallel postulate perspective plane geometry prime numbers |
| ISBN | 0-691-21981-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- I: AUTHOR -- Alexandria -- Elephantine -- Hypsicles -- Theon of Alexandria -- Stephanos the scribe -- Al-Hajjaj -- Adelard -- Erhard Ratdolt -- Marget Seymer her hand -- Edward Bernard -- Interlude -- II: SAGE -- Plato -- Proclus Diadochus -- Hroswitha of Gandersheim -- Rabbi Levi ben Gershom -- Christoph Clavius -- Xu Guangqi -- Blame not our author -- Baruch Spinoza -- Anne Lister -- Interlude -- III: HERO -- Petechonsis -- Dividing the monochord -- Hyginus -- Muhammad Abu al-Wafa al-Buzjani -- Lady Geometria -- Piero della Francesca -- Euclid Speidell -- Isaac Newton -- Interlude -- IV: SHADOW AND MASK -- Mary Fairfax -- François Peyrard -- Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevskii -- Maggie and Tom -- Simson in Urdu -- His modern rivals -- Thomas Little Heath -- Max Ernst -- Euclidean designs -- Lambda -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- Image Credits -- Notes on Sources -- Select Bibliography -- Index |
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A wealth of numbers : an anthology of 500 years of popular mathematics writing / / [edited by] Benjamin Wardhaugh
| A wealth of numbers : an anthology of 500 years of popular mathematics writing / / [edited by] Benjamin Wardhaugh |
| Autore | Wardhaugh Benjamin |
| Edizione | [Course Book] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (389 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WardhaughBenjamin <1979-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Mathematics - Popular works - History |
| ISBN |
9786613589538
9781280494307 1280494301 9781400841981 1400841984 |
| Classificazione | MAT024000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Preface; 1 ""Sports and Pastimes, Done by Number"": Mathematical Tricks, Mathematical Games; The Well Spring of Sciences: Humfrey Baker, 1564; Mathematical Recreations: Henry van Etten, 1633; ""How Prodigiously Numbers Do Increase"": William Leybourne, 1667; Profitable and Delightful Problems: Jacques Ozanam, 1708; Lotteries and Mountebanks: L. Despiau, 1801; Dodging the Mastodon and the Plesiosaurus: Henry Ernest Dudeney, 1917; ""Plenty of Interesting Things to Be Discovered"": NRICH, 1998-2004; 2 ""Much Necessary for All States of Men"": From Arithmetic to Algebra
Addition and Subtraction: Robert Recorde, 1543Multiplication and Division: Thomas Masterson, 1592; Reducing Fractions: John Tapp, 1621; Decimal Fractions: Edward Hatton, 1695; Extracting Square Roots: William Banson, 1760; The Rule of Three: Wardhaugh Thompson, 1771; The Rule of Three, in Verse: Nathan Withy, 1792; ""The First Analysts"": Joseph Fenn, 1775; Quadratic Equations: The Popular Educator, 1855; Cubic Equations for the Practical Man: J. E. Thompson, 1931; 3 ""A Goodly Struggle"": Problems, Puzzles, and Challenges; The Ladies' Diary: 1798; The Girl's Own Book: Lydia Marie Child, 1835 The Boy's Own Magazine: 1855""The Analyst"": 1874; Can You Solve It?: Arthur Hirschberg, 1926; Mathematical Challenges: 1989; 4 ""Drawyng, Measuring and Proporcion"": Geometry and Trigonometry; Points and Lines: Robert Recorde, 1551; Squares and Triangles: Thomas Rudd, 1650; Pythagoras's Theorem: Edmund Scarburgh, 1705; Trigonometrical Definitions: Edward Wells, 1714; The Resolution of Triangles: Hugh Worthington, 1780; Introduction to Spherical Geometry: Horatio Nelson Robinson, 1854; Napier's Rules: Alan Clive Gardner, 1956 5 Maps, Monsters, and Riddles: The Worlds of Mathematical PopularizationThe Athenian Mercury: 1691-1697; Newton for the Ladies: Francesco Algarotti, 1739; Maps and Mazes: W. W. Rouse Ball, 1892; ""Einstein's Real Achievement"": Oliver Lodge, 1921; Riddles in Mathematics: Eugene P. Northrop, 1945; Fermat's Last Theorem: Hans Rademacher and Otto Toeplitz, 1957; Where Does It End?: Dan Pedoe, 1958; Yamátárájabhánasalagám: Sherman K. Stein, 1963; Saddles and Soap Bubbles: Iakov Isaevich Khurgin, 1974; ""The Monster"" Unveiled: The Times, 1980 6 ""To Ease and Expedite the Work"": Mathematical Instruments and How to Use Them""Cards for the Sea"": Martín Cortés, 1561; Making a Horizontal Sundial: Thomas Fale, 1593; Speaking-Rods: Seth Partridge, 1648; Telescopes Refracting and Reflecting: The Juvenile Encyclopedia, 1800-1801; Scales Simple and Diagonal: J. F. Heather, 1888; Making a Star Clock: Roy Worvill, 1974; PC Astronomy: Peter Duffet-Smith, 1997; 7 ""How Fine a Mind"": Mathematicians Past; The Labyrinth and Abyss of Infinity: Voltaire, 1733; ""It Must Have Commenced with Mankind"": Charles Hutton, 1796 Kepler's Astronomical Publications: Robert Small, 1804 |
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| Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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