The Science Absolute of Space: Independent of the Truth or Falsity of Euclid's Axiom XI (Which Can Never Be Decided a Priori), Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Story, Douglas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440087121 ISBN 13 : 9781440087127

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Uncover how one stubborn assumption shaped the way we understand geometry—and how bold thinkers questioned it.

This volume explores the long, often debated path from Euclid’s Elements to modern ideas about proof, space, and possibility.

Through the translator’s introduction and selected discussion, the book frames a history of geometry around the so‑called parallel postulate and the questions it raised. It traces how mathematicians like Gauss and Bolyai challenged established views, and how those challenges reshaped our grasp of space and truth.

• Learn why a single postulate mattered for centuries and how it affected proofs.
• See how early modern thinkers viewed geometry as a trustworthy guide to the physical world.
• Meet the historical figures who expanded what geometry could mean beyond Euclid’s original framework.
• Understand the tension between axioms, assumptions, and the nature of mathematical certainty.

Ideal for readers of math history and the philosophy of proof, this edition helps you see geometry in a new light.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The immortal Elements of Euclid was already in dim antiquity a classic, regarded as absolutely perfect, valid without restriction. Elementary geometry was for two thousand years as stationary, as fixed, as peculiarly Greek, as the Parthenon. On this foundation pure science rose in A rchimedes, in A pollonius, in Pappus; struggled inT heon, inH ypatia; declined in Proclus; fell into the long decadence of theD ark A ges. The book that monkish Europe could no longer understand was then taught in A rabic byS aracen and Moor in the Universities of Bagdad and Cordova. To bring the light, after weary, stupid cen turies,, to western Christendom, anE nglish man, A delhard of Bath, journeys, to learn A rabic, through Asia Minor, through Egypt, back to Spain. Disguised as aM ohammedan student, he got into Cordova about 1120, obtained aM oorish copy of Euclid sE lements, and made a translation from the A rabic into Latin.
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440087121
• ISBN 13: 9781440087127
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112
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