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Oeuvres de Desargues
Gérard Desargues
出版Cambridge University Press, 2011-11-10
主題Mathematics / Geometry / GeneralMathematics / History & PhilosophyMathematics / Topology
ISBN11080325759781108032575
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9TcCoTIcLiQC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The French mathematician and engineer Gérard Desargues (1591-1661) was one of the founders of projective geometry. Desargues' theorem is named in the honour of this prolific writer of treatises on geometry and its application to the arts and architecture. His important writings, which had been lost, were published in 1864 by the mathematician and scientific historian Noël-Germinal Poudra (1794-1894). Poudra's two-volume edition, republished here, reveals the major role played by Desargues in the scientific debates of the seventeenth century. It includes a biography of Desargues, in which Poudra discusses his role as architect, as well as his influence on famous scientists of his time including Pascal and Descartes. Volume 1 contains the majority of Desargues' treatises, including 'Perspective' (1636), followed by an analysis by Poudra, and the 'Traité des Coniques' (1639), with a lexicon of the scientific terms used.