Mathematizing Space
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-37984-5 (ISBN)
Vincenzo De Risi: Introduction.- Henry Mendell: What's location got to do with it? Place, Space, and the Infinite in Classical Greek Mathematics.- Jeremy Gray: A note on lines and planes in Euclid's geometry.- Alexander Jones: Theon of Smyrna and Ptolemy on Celestial Modelling in Two and Three Dimensions.- David Rabouin: Proclus' Conception of Geometric Space and its Actuality.- Franco Farinelli: Subject, Space, Object: The Birth of Modernity.- Gary Hatfield: On Natural Geometry and Seeing Distance Directly in Descartes.- Douglas Jesseph: Hobbes's Theory of Space.- Andrew Janiak: Mathematics and Infinity in Descartes and Newton.- Daniel Garber: Leibniz's Transcendental Aesthetic.- Graciela De Pierris: Hume's Skepticism and Inductivism concerning Space and Geometry.- Michael Friedman: Kant on Geometry and Experience.
Erscheinungsdatum | 14.10.2016 |
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Reihe/Serie | Trends in the History of Science |
Zusatzinfo | IX, 318 p. 33 illus. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie | |
Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik | |
Naturwissenschaften | |
Schlagworte | Geometry • geometry of space • Greek mathematics • History of mathematical sciences • History of Mathematics • History of Science • Mathematics • mathematics and philosophy • mathematics and statistics • mathematics of space • theory of space |
ISBN-10 | 3-319-37984-4 / 3319379844 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-37984-5 / 9783319379845 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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