Descriptive Geometry, the Spread of a Polytechnic Art : the Legacy of Gaspard Monge /: the Legacy of Gaspard Monge. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Évelyne Barbin, Marta Menghini, Klaus Volkert, editors.
• Other Names: Barbin, E (Evelyne); Menghini, Marta; (Mathematician), Volkert, Klaus
• Contents: Part I: First Spreading in Western Europe -- Chapter 1: Monges Descriptive Geometry: his Lessons and the Teachings given by Lacroix and Hachette -- Chapter 2: Descriptive Geometry in France: Circulation, Transformation, Recognition (1795-1905) -- Chapter 3: Descriptive Geometry in Italy in the 19th Century: Spread, Popularization, Teaching -- Chapter 4: Luigi Cremona and Wilhelm Fiedler: the Link between Descriptive and Projective Geometry in Technical Instruction -- Chapter 5: Descriptive Geometry in 19th Century Spain: from Monge to Cirodde -- Chapter 6: Descriptive Geometry in Spain and the Emergence of the late Modern European outlook on the Relationship between Pure Science and Technology -- Chapter 7: Portuguese books of Descriptive Geometry, from University and Polytechnic to Secondary School -- Part II: Installation of Descriptive Geometry in Europe -- Chapter 8: A German Interpreting of Descriptive Geometry and Polytechnic -- Chapter 9: The Evolution of Descriptive Geometry in Austria -- Chapter 10: The Vienna School of Descriptive Geometry -- Chapter 11: Otto Wilhelm Fiedler and the Synthesis of Projective and Descriptive Geometry -- Chapter 12: At the Crossroads of two Engineering Cultures, or An Unedited Story of the French Polytechnician Charles Potiers Descriptive Geometry Books in Russia -- Chapter 13: Engineering Studies and Secondary Education: Descriptive Geometry in the Netherlands (1820-1960) -- Chapter 14: In Pursuit of Monges Ideal: the Introduction of Descriptive Geometry in the Educational Institutions in Greece during the 19th Century -- Chapter 15: The Rise and Fall of Descriptive Geometry in Denmark -- Chapter 16: Descriptive Geometry at Czech Technical Universities until 1939 -- Chapter 17: The Love Affair with Descriptive Geometry: Its History in Serbia -- Chapter 18: Descriptive Geometry in England -- Lost in Translation -- Part III: Descriptive Geometry in America and Africa -- Chapter 19: Teaching of Descriptive Geometry in the United States (1817-1915): Circulation among Military Engineers, Scholars and Draftsmen -- Chapter 20: The Teaching of Descriptive Geometry in Egypt (1837-1902) -- Chapter 21: The Dissemination of Descriptive Geometry in Latin America -- Part IV: Epilogue -- Chapter 22: The Myth of the Polytechnic School.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (446 pages)
• Subjects: 510.9; Geometry, Descriptive; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030148089; 3030148084
• Related ISBNs: 9783030148072
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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