Descriptive Geometry, The Spread of a Polytechnic Art: The Legacy of Gaspard Monge (1st ed. 2019) (International Studies in the History of Mathematics and its Teaching)

By: Évelyne Barbin and Marta Menghini and Klaus Volkert

Sign Up Now! Already a Member? Log In
You must be logged into Bookshare to access this title. Learn about membership options, or view our freely available titles.

Synopsis: This book seeks to explore the history of descriptive geometry in relation to its circulation in the 19th century, which had been favoured by the transfers of the model of the École Polytechnique to other countries. The book also covers the diffusion of its teaching from higher instruction to technical and secondary teaching. In relation to that, there is analysis of the role of the institution – similar but definitely not identical in the different countries – in the field under consideration. The book contains chapters focused on different countries, areas, and institutions, written by specialists of the history of the field. Insights on descriptive geometry are provided in the context of the mathematical aspect, the aspect of teaching in particular to non-mathematicians, and the institutions themselves.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783030148089
Related ISBNs:: 9783030148072
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 07/09/19
Copyrighted By:: Springer
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Education, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Évelyne Barbin
Edited by:: Marta Menghini
Edited by:: Klaus Volkert