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Description:The book provides a fascinating overview of geometrical ideas and perceptions all the way from primitive societies up to the mathematical as well as artistic concepts of the 20th century. Geometry is presented as developments in cultural history and its interaction with architecture, the visual arts, philosophy, science, and engineering:Its origins in the ancient cultures along the Indus and Nile rivers and in MesopotamiaThe golden age of ancient GreeceIn Islamic countries.In India, China, Japan, and in the ancient American culturesThe developments in Europe during the Middle Ages and above all during the RenaissanceNew approaches in the 17th and 18th centuries: descriptive and projective geometry, coordinate methods, and analytical geometryThe revolutionary findings of the 19th and 20th centuries: axiom systems, geometry as a theory with multiple structures.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 5000 Years of Geometry. To get started finding 5000 Years of Geometry, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 614

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Birkhäuser

Release: 2015

ISBN: 3034808976

Description: The book provides a fascinating overview of geometrical ideas and perceptions all the way from primitive societies up to the mathematical as well as artistic concepts of the 20th century. Geometry is presented as developments in cultural history and its interaction with architecture, the visual arts, philosophy, science, and engineering:Its origins in the ancient cultures along the Indus and Nile rivers and in MesopotamiaThe golden age of ancient GreeceIn Islamic countries.In India, China, Japan, and in the ancient American culturesThe developments in Europe during the Middle Ages and above all during the RenaissanceNew approaches in the 17th and 18th centuries: descriptive and projective geometry, coordinate methods, and analytical geometryThe revolutionary findings of the 19th and 20th centuries: axiom systems, geometry as a theory with multiple structures.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 5000 Years of Geometry. To get started finding 5000 Years of Geometry, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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