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Nicole Oresme, Questiones Super Geometriam Euclidis
Nicole Oresme
Hubertus Lambertus Ludovicus Busard
出版
Franz Steiner Verlag
, 2010
主題
History / Ancient / Greece
History / Europe / Medieval
Mathematics / Geometry / General
Mathematics / History & Philosophy
Science / History
ISBN
3515092870
9783515092876
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ClBCAQAAIAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
Nicole Oresme (ca. 1320-1384) was one of the most important intellectual figures of the scholastic period: not only was he a leading philosopher, theologian, astronomer and mathematician, but he was also involved in practical matters - he was secretary to the king of France, he was bishop of Lisieux, and he was involved in the assessment of coins and associated political problems. He took part in the teaching of scholastic philosophy, writing numerous commentaries on Aristotle. His contributions to the so-called "latitude of forms", i.e. the quantification of qualities, are universally recognized in modern scholarship. Also connected with university education are his
Questiones
on the
Elements
of Euclid, the basic and most widely read of the Greek mathematical classics. These
Questiones
cannot be regarded as a commentary, but rather examine problems suggested by Euclid's text. Among the subjects investigated are the quantitative change of qualities, e.g. of velocity, colours or heat, in time. There are penetrating analyses of infinite and infinitesimal qualities.