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This book brings together papers of the conference on 'Space, Geometry and the Imagination from Antiquity to the Modern Age' held in Berlin, Germany, 27-29 August 2012. Focusing on the interconnections between the history of geometry and the philosophy of
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Mathematizing Space The Objects of Geometry from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age
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Vincenzo De Risi Editor
Mathematizing Space The Objects of Geometry from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age
Editor Vincenzo De Risi History of Science Max Planck Institute Berlin Germany
ISSN 2297-2951 Trends in the History of Science ISBN 978-3-319-12101-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12102-4
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Foreword
The present book collects the essays presented at the conference on Space, Geometry and the Imagination from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age, jointly organized by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) and the Centro Matematico ‘Ennio De Giorgi’ of the Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa), and hosted by the Max Planck Institute in August 27–29, 2012. The conference was part of the activities of the MPI Research Group on Modern Geometry and Space, directed by Vincenzo De Risi.
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