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Geometry: The Third Book of Foundations

By Michel Serres

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2017
ISBN
1474281400, 9781474281409
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2228911 bytes)
Series
The Foundations Trilogy
Pages
280\278
Scanned
yes
Time added
2017-05-17 00:08:31
Science & Math;Geometry & Topology;Analytic Geomet

Description

In this third installment of his classic 'Foundations' trilogy, Michel Serres takes on the history of geometry and mathematics. Even more broadly, Geometry is the beginnings of things and also how these beginnings have shaped how we continue to think philosophically and critically. Serres rejects a traditional history of mathematics which unfolds in a linear manner, and argues for the need to delve into the past of maths and identify a series of ruptures which can help shed light on how this discipline has developed and how, in turn, the way we think has been shaped and formed.This meticulous and lyrical translation marks the first ever English translation of this key text in the history of ideas.Translated by Randolph Burks

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