Redefining Geometrical Exactness: Descartes' Transformation of the Early Modern Concept of Construction

by Henk J.M. Bos and Henk J. M. Bos G. J. (EDT) Toomer H. J. M. Bos

Book Overview

Until the 17th century, rigor and exactness in mathematics meant geometry and Euclid. Other means of confirming results, such as computation, were considered inferior to the traditional constructions... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387950907
• ISBN13: 9780387950907
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 470 Pages