Mathematizing Space : The Objects of Geometry from Antiquity to the Early Modern Age (Trends in the History of Science) (2015. 2015. ix, 318 S. 33 SW-Abb. 235 mm)

This book collects the papers of the conference held in Berlin, Germany, 27-29 August 2012, on 'Space, Geometry and the Imagination from Antiquity to the Modern Age'. The conference was a joint effort by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (Berlin) and the Centro die Ricerca Matematica Ennio De Giorgi (Pisa).