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100 1 $aScriba, Christoph J.,$eauthor.
240 10 $a5000 Jahre Geometrie.$lEnglish
245 10 $a5000 years of geometry :$bmathematics in history and culture /$cChristoph J. Scriba, Peter Schreiber ; translated by Jana Schreiber.
246 3 $aFive thousand years of geometry
264 1 $aBasel ;$aNew York :$bBirkhauser,$c[2015]
300 $axii, 626 pages :$billustrations (black and white, and colour), maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographic references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- 1.The beginnings of geometrical representations and calculations -- 2.Geometry in the Greek-Hellenistic era and late Antiquity -- 3.Oriental and old American geometry -- 4.Geometry in the European Middle Ages -- 5.New impulses for geometry during the Renaissance -- 6.The development of geometry in the 17th/18th centuries -- 7.New paths of geometry in the 19th century -- 8.Geometry in the 20th century -- Appendix: Selection of original texts -- References -- List of Figures -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
546 $aIn English translated from German.
520 $aThe present volume provides a fascinating overview of geometrical ideas and perceptions from the earliest cultures to the mathematical and artistic concepts of the 20th cnetury. It is the English translation of the 3rd edition of the well received German book "5000 Jahre Geometrie," in which geometry is presented as a chain of developments in cultural history and their interaction with architecture, the visual arts, philosophy, science, and engineering. Geometry originated in the ancient cultures along the Indus and Nile Rivers and in Mesopotamia, experiencing its first "Goldon Age" in Ancient Greece. Inspired by the Greek mathematics, a new germ of geometry blossomed in the Islamic civilizations. Through the Oriental influence on Spain, this knowledge later spread to Western Europe. Here, as part of the medieval Quadrivium, the understanding of geometry in the 17th an 18th centuries, axiom systems, geometry as a theory with multiple structures, and geometry in computer sciences in the 19th and 20th centuries. Each chapter of the book starts with a table of key historical and cultural dates and ends with a summary of essential contents of geometry in the respective era. Compelling examples invite the reader to further explore the problems of geometry in ancient and modern times. -- from back cover.
650 0 $aGeometry$xHistory.
650 0 $aMathematics$xHistory.
650 0 $aMathematics$xSocial aspects.
700 1 $aSchreiber, Peter,$cDr. rer. nat.,$eauthor.
700 1 $aSchreiber, Jana,$etranslator.
776 08 $iOnline edition:$aScriba, Christoph J.$s5000 Jahre Geometrie. English.$t5000 years of geometry.$dNew York ; London : Springer Basel, 2015$z9783034808989$w(OCoLC)908030600
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