Simson on Porisms
Subtitle: An Annotated Translation of Robert Simson's Posthumous Treatise on Porisms and Other Items on this Subject (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781852333065
Subjects: History of specific subjects; Simson, Robert,; Mathematicians And Their Works; Plane Geometry; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Porisms; Geometry - General; History of Mathematics; Mathematics / Geometry / General; Robert Simson; Simson, Robert; De porismatibus tractatus; History & Philosophy; 1687-1768; 1687-1768.; Early works to 1800
First sentence: We begin with Simson's Preface, in which he describes the background to his work and outlines its contents.