Publication

2017 - Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Language

English

Word Count

70,000 words, Guess

Page Count

280 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781474281409
  • ISBN-101474281400
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016027705
  • OCLC Control Number949819828
  • Better World Books9781474281409
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCQA443.5.S4713 2017
  • LCCQA443.5 .S4713 2017

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" -- From the publisher.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • GeometryBloomsbury Publishing Plc2017

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