EuclidThe Creation of Mathematics by Benno Artmann

EuclidThe Creation of Mathematics by Benno Artmann

I agree with Peter Hilton when he says that genuine mathematics constitutesone ofthe finest expressions ofthe human spirit, and I may add that here as in so many other instances, we have learned that language ofexpression from the Greeks.

BArtmann

Euclid - The Creation of Mathematics

"The author invites the ‘lover of mathematics’ to have a peek, via a gentle introduction and presentation of Euclid’s Elements, with detours to previous Greek geometers, whose work has been incorporated in the Elements. The contents of the Elements are presented book by book . . . with full statements of the definitions, axioms, propositions, and proofs involved. There are . . . notes to subsequent development of Euclidean themes . . . justifications of steps of proof and of the sequence in which results appear . . . An original and pleasing feature of the book consists in the references to Greek architecture, which emphasize the pervasiveness of the concern for proportion in Greek culture, as well as the references to archaeological finds of dodecahedra- and icosahedra-shaped objects."—AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY

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ISBN 13	9780387984230
ISBN 10	0387984232
Titre	EuclidThe Creation of Mathematics
Auteur	Benno Artmann
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Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Année de publication	1999-06-10
Nombre de pages	349
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