Presented as an engaging discourse, this textbook invites readers to delve into the historical origins and uses of geometry. The narrative traces the influence of Euclid's system of geometry, as developed in his classic text The Elements, through the Arabic period, the modern er…
Mathematical and philosophical thought about continuity has changed considerably over the ages. Aristotle insisted that continuous substances are not composed of points, and that they can only be divided into parts potentially. There is something viscous about the continuous. It…
¿Qué se esconde bajo un título tan ambicioso como El libro de las Matemáticas ? El primer subtítulo nos da una pista: De Pitágoras a la 57ª dimensión. Parece tratarse de un libro de historia de las matemáticas. ¿Qué puede aportar un libro de historia de las matemáticas después d…