The Hybridization of Practical and Theoretical Geometry in the Sixteenth-Century Euclidean Tradition

This article aims to show how, in the sixteenth century, Euclidean geometry, which was regarded as the epitome of theoretical geometry in the middle ages and in the Renaissance, was to take up, within certain printed commentaries and translations of Euclid's Elements, features that were typic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Angela Axworthy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Università degli Studi di Torino 2023-01-01
Series:Journal of Interdisciplinary History of Ideas
Online Access:https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jihi/article/view/7333