"Geometry had a mercurial nature in the sixteenth century. Transmitted from antiquity in the form of Euclid's Elements, it was many years before geometry moved from the scholastic sphere and before its language and logic began to be used in an explicitly practical context. In 15…
"The book contains a translation and study of Euclid's Phaenomena, a work which once formed part of the mathematical training of astronomers from Central Asia to Western Europe. Included is an introduction that sets Euclid's geometry of the celestial sphere, and its application …
Leyendo a Euclides fue escrito en 1947 con el objetivo de atraer la atención de lectores no matemáticos en el estudio de conceptos fundamentales de la geometría y la filosofía. Tras analizar el pensamiento socrático y deducir interesantes conclusiones de tipo filosófico, Levi re…
