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020 _a9781461265214
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050 0 0 _aQA464
_b.B69 2001
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100 1 _aBos, H. J. M.
245 1 0 _aRedefining geometrical exactness :
_bDescartes' transformation of the early modern concept of construction /
_cHenk J.M. Bos.
260 _aNew York:
_bSpringer,
_c2001.
300 _axvii, 470 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c25 cm
490 1 _aSources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences
500 _aSoftcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001 edition
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [433]-453) and indexes.
505 0 0 _g1.
_tGeneral introduction --
_g2.
_tThe legitimation of geometrical procedures before 1590 --
_g3.
_t1588: Pappus' "Collection" --
_g4.
_tThe early modern tradition of geometrical problem solving: survey and examples --
_g5.
_tEarly modern methods of analysis --
_g6.
_tArithmetic, geometry, algebra, and analysis --
_g7.
_tUsing numbers in geometry -- Regiomontanus and Stevin --
_g8.
_tUsing algebra -- Viete's analysis --
_g9.
_tClavius --
_g10.
_tViete --
_g11.
_tKepler --
_g12.
_tMolther --
_g13.
_tFermat --
_g14.
_tGeometrical problem solving -- the state of the art c. 1635 --
_g15.
_tIntroduction to Part II --
_g16.
_tConstruction and the interpretation of exactness in Descartes' studies of c. 1619 --
_g17.
_tDescartes' general construction of solid problems c. 1625
600 1 0 _aDescartes, Ren,̌
_d1596-1650.
600 1 7 _aDescartes, Ren
_d(1596-1650).
_2ram
650 0 _aGeometrical constructions
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 0 _aGeometry
_xHistory
_y17th century.
650 1 7 _aConstructieve wiskunde.
_2gtt
650 1 7 _aAnalytische meetkunde.
_2gtt
650 0 7 _aGeometrische Konstruktion.
_2swd
650 7 _aConstructions gǒmťriques
_y17e sic̈le.
_2ram
650 7 _aGǒmťrie
_y17e sic̈le.
_2ram
830 0 _aSources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
852 8 _aUkOxU
_bPTFBL
_cPTFFF
_hQA464
_iBOS 2001
856 4 2 _3Publisher description
_uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0816/00056269-d.html
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