Non-Euclidean Geometry: A Critical and Historical Study of its Development

Roberto Bonola,Nicholas Lobachevski,John Boylai

ISBN 10: 0486600270 / ISBN 13: 9780486600277

Edité par Dover Publications, 2010

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BONOLA, R. NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY. A CRITICAL AND HISTORICAL STUDY OF ITS DEVELOPMENT. WITH A SUPLEMENT CONTAINING THE DR. G. B. HALSTED TRANSLATIONS OF "THE SCIENCEOF ABSOLUTE SPACE" BY J. BOLYAI, "THE THEORY OF PARALLELS" BY N. LOBACHEVSKI [1912, REPRINT]. MINEOLA, N.Y., 1955, xiv 432 p.,figuras. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo.

Présentation de l'éditeur: I ntroduction. The translator of this little volume has done me the honour to ask me to write a few lines of introduction. And 1do this willingly, not only that I may render homage to the memory of a friend, prematurely torn from life and from science, but also because I am convinced that the work of ROBERTO BONOLA deserves all the interest of the studious. In it, in fact, the young mathematician will find not only a clear exposition of the principles of a theory now classical, but also a critical account of the developments which led to the foundation of the theory in question. It seems to me that this account, although concerned with a particular field only, might well serve as a model for a history of science, in respect of its accuracy and its breadth of information, and, above all, the sound philo sophic spirit that permeates it. The various attempts of successive writers are all duly rated according to their relative importance, and are presented in such a way as to bring out the continuity of the progress of science, and the mode in which the human mind is led through the tangle of partial error to a broader and broader view of truth. This progress does not consist only in the acquisition of fresh knowledge, the prominent place is taken by the clearing up of ideas which it has involved; and it is remarkable with what skill the author of this treatise has elucidated the obscure concepts which have at particular periods of time presented themselves to the eyes of the investigator as obstacles, or causes of confusion.
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Titre : Non-Euclidean Geometry: A Critical and ...
Éditeur : Dover Publications
Date d'édition : 2010
Reliure : paperback
Etat : Good