书目名称 | Euclid Vindicated from Every Blemish |
副标题 | Edited and Annotated |
编辑 | Gerolamo Saccheri,Vincenzo Risi |
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概述 | First complete edition of Saccheri‘s Euclides Vindicatus in English.The classical English translation by Halsted has been corrected and enriched by the important Book Two of the work (on the theory of |
丛书名称 | Classic Texts in the Sciences |
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描述 | .This first complete English language edition of .Euclides vindicatus. presents a corrected and revised edition of the classical English translation of Saccheri‘s text by G.B. Halsted. It is complemented with a historical introduction on the geometrical environment of the time and a detailed commentary that helps to understand the aims and subtleties of the work..Euclides vindicatus,. written by the Jesuit mathematician Gerolamo Saccheri, was published in Milan in 1733. In it, Saccheri attempted to reform elementary geometry in two important directions: a demonstration of the famous Parallel Postulate and the theory of proportions. Both topics were of pivotal importance in the mathematics of the time. In particular, the Parallel Postulate had escaped demonstration since the first attempts at it in the Classical Age, and several books on the topic were published in the Early Modern Age. At the same time, the theory of proportion was the most important mathematical tool of the Galilean School in its pursuit of the mathematization of nature. Saccheri‘s attempt to prove the Parallel Postulate is today considered the most important breakthrough in geometry in the 18th century, as he was |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | history non-euclidean geometry; parallel postulate; theory of proportions |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05966-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-37791-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-05966-2Series ISSN 2365-9963 Series E-ISSN 2365-9971 |
issn_series | 2365-9963 |
copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 |