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Oeuvres de Desargues
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Oeuvres de Desargues
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Gerard Desargues
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Edited by Noel Germinal Poudra
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| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics |
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| Series part Volume No. |
Volume 1
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:546 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Geometry |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108032575
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
26 Plates, black and white
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
10 November 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The French mathematician and engineer Gerard Desargues (1591-1661) was one of the founders of projective geometry. Desargues' theorem is named in the honour of this prolific writer of treatises on geometry and its application to the arts and architecture. His important writings, which had been lost, were published in 1864 by the mathematician and scientific historian Noel-Germinal Poudra (1794-1894). Poudra's two-volume edition, republished here, reveals the major role played by Desargues in the scientific debates of the seventeenth century. It includes a biography of Desargues, in which Poudra discusses his role as architect, as well as his influence on famous scientists of his time including Pascal and Descartes. Volume 1 contains the majority of Desargues' treatises, including 'Perspective' (1636), followed by an analysis by Poudra, and the 'Traite des Coniques' (1639), with a lexicon of the scientific terms used.
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