The Swiss mathematician Jakob Steiner (1796-1863) came from a poor
background with an incomplete education, yet such was his
mathematical talent that eventually the Prussian university system
adapted itself to him rather than he to it. A geometer in an age
dominated by analysts, he pursued his own interests in his own way.
The elegant results which bear his name - including Steiner
circles, systems and symmetrisation - are known to most
mathematicians today. Considered by many to be the greatest
geometer since Apollonius of Perga, Steiner did important work on
systemising geometry, laying the foundation for much later work on
projective geometry. Edited by the eminent mathematician Karl
Weierstrass (1815-97), this two-volume edition of Steiner's
collected works offers scholars access to his influential writings
in the original German. Volume 1 was published in 1881.
General
| Imprint: |
Cambridge UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics, Volume 1 |
| Release date: |
October 2013 |
| First published: |
August 2013 |
| Authors: |
Jakob Steiner
|
| Editors: |
Karl Weierstrass
|
| Dimensions: |
244 x 170 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
584 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-108-05921-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Mathematics >
History of mathematics
|
| LSN: |
1-108-05921-X |
| Barcode: |
9781108059213 |
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