Geometry: The Third Book of Foundations - Couverture rigide

Serres, Professor Michel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1474281400 ISBN 13 : 9781474281409

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017

Synopsis

In this third installment of his classic 'Foundations' trilogy, Michel Serres takes on the history of geometry and mathematics. Even more broadly, Geometry is the beginnings of things and also how these beginnings have shaped how we continue to think philosophically and critically. Serres rejects a traditional history of mathematics which unfolds in a linear manner, and argues for the need to delve into the past of maths and identify a series of ruptures which can help shed light on how this discipline has developed and how, in turn, the way we think has been shaped and formed.

This meticulous and lyrical translation marks the first ever English translation of this key text in the history of ideas.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Michel Serres was Professor in the History of Science at Stanford University, USA, and a member of the Académie Française, France. A renowned and popular philosopher, he was a prize-winning author of essays and books, such as The Five Senses (2008), Genesis (1995), and Biogée (2013).

Randolph Burks is a philosopher specializing in phenomenology and philosophies of the body and nature. He has translated several works by Michel Serres, included Biogea, Variations on the Body and The Hermaphrodite (forthcoming).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474281400
• ISBN 13: 9781474281409
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Bloomsbury Publishing Ireland Limited, Bloomsbury Publishing Ireland Limited; productsafety@bloomsbury.com; ; 29 Earlsfort Terrace; Dublin 2; D02 AY28; Irlande