5000 Years of geometry : mathematics in history and culture /
Christoph J. Scriba, Peter Schreiber.
- xii, 626 páginas : 313 ilustraciones, 156 ilustraciones en color.
Springer eBooks
Introduction -- 1.The beginnings of geometrical representations and calculations -- 2.Geometry in the Greek-Hellenistic era and late Antiquity -- 3.Oriental and old American geometry -- 4.Geometry in the European Middle Ages -- 5.New impulses for geometry during the Renaissance -- 6.The development of geometry in the 17th/18th centuries -- 7.New paths of geometry in the 19th century -- 8.Geometry in the 20th century -- Appendix: Selection of original texts -- References -- List of Figures -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.