From here to infinity : tracing the origin and development of projective geometry / Andrea del Centina, Alessandro Gimigliano.
Pubblicazione:
Cham : Springer, c2025.
Descrizione fisica:
XLII, 788 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Serie:
Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences, 2196-8810
Contiene:
Indice: 1. The Greek legacy 2. Perspective in the Renaissance 3. New ways of looking at conics 4. Desargues: the dawn of projective geometry 5. Pascal's geometrical achievements 6. An interlude a century and a half long 7. Towards a new geometry 8. Poncelet: the projective properties of figures 9. The algebraic way to projective geometry 10. The synthetic route: the contributions of Steiner and Chasles 11. Von Staudt's pure synthetism 12. Projective geometry: 1870-1930 and beyond. Bibliography. Index
