Mathematizing Space: The Objects of Geometry from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age

Book Overview

This book collects the papers of the conference held in Berlin, Germany, 27-29 August 2012, on 'Space, Geometry and the Imagination from Antiquity to the Modern Age'. The conference was a joint effort by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) and the Centro die Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi (Pisa).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319379844
• ISBN13: 9783319379845
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"