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Underground Mathematics
Craft Culture and Knowledge Production in Early Modern Europe
Buch von Thomas Morel
Sprache: Englisch

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"Underground Mathematics tells the story of a forgotten discipline: subterranean geometry. Through vivid case studies, it tells how geometry was used in metallic mines, from surveying to mapmaking, by practitioners using esoteric manuscripts. The book contextualizes in a non-technical way how a culture of accuracy and quantification developed in early modern Europe"--
"Underground Mathematics tells the story of a forgotten discipline: subterranean geometry. Through vivid case studies, it tells how geometry was used in metallic mines, from surveying to mapmaking, by practitioners using esoteric manuscripts. The book contextualizes in a non-technical way how a culture of accuracy and quantification developed in early modern Europe"--
Über den Autor
Thomas Morel is Professor of the History of Mathematics at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Of scholars and miners; 2. A mathematical culture: the art of setting limits; 3. The mines and the court; 4. Writing it down: innovation, secrecy, and print; 5. 'So fair a subterraneous city': mapping the underground; 6. How to teach it?: finding the right direction; 7. 'One of geometry's nicest applications': crafting the Deep-George tunnel (1771¿1799); Conclusion.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 258
ISBN-13: 9781009267304
ISBN-10: 1009267302
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Morel, Thomas
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 234 x 159 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas Morel
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.12.2022
Gewicht: 0,596 kg
preigu-id: 122192568
Über den Autor
Thomas Morel is Professor of the History of Mathematics at the University of Wuppertal, Germany.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction; 1. Of scholars and miners; 2. A mathematical culture: the art of setting limits; 3. The mines and the court; 4. Writing it down: innovation, secrecy, and print; 5. 'So fair a subterraneous city': mapping the underground; 6. How to teach it?: finding the right direction; 7. 'One of geometry's nicest applications': crafting the Deep-George tunnel (1771¿1799); Conclusion.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 258
ISBN-13: 9781009267304
ISBN-10: 1009267302
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Morel, Thomas
Hersteller: Cambridge University Press
Maße: 234 x 159 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas Morel
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.12.2022
Gewicht: 0,596 kg
preigu-id: 122192568
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