Oeuvres de Desargues

ISBN-13: 9781108032575 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 546 str.

G. Rard Desargues; No L. Germinal Poudra

Opis

The French mathematician and engineer Gerard 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 Noel-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 'Traite des Coniques' (1639), with a lexicon of the scientific terms used."