Oeuvres de Desargues: Volume 2 - Couverture souple

Poudra, Noel Germinal

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1108032583 ISBN 13 : 9781108032582

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

This 1864 edition reintroduced the important, previously lost, works on geometry of the French mathematician Gérard Desargues (1591–1661).

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The French mathematician and engineer Gérard Desargues (1591–1661) was one of the founders of projective geometry. Desargues' theorem is named in the honour of this prolific writer of treatises on geometry and its application to the arts and architecture. His important writings, which had been lost, were published in 1864 by the mathematician and scientific historian Noël-Germinal Poudra (1794–1894). Poudra's two-volume edition, republished here, reveals the major role played by Desargues in the scientific debates of the seventeenth century. It includes a biography of Desargues, in which Poudra discusses his role as architect, as well as his influence on famous scientists of his time including Pascal and Descartes. Volume 2 contains Poudra's analysis of the works of the engraver Abraham Bosse (1603–76), which develop some of Desargues' ideas. It also reproduces some of the - often critical - responses to Desargues' work by his contemporaries.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: français
• ISBN 10: 1108032583
• ISBN 13: 9781108032582
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 444
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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