Field, Judith Veronica (Author)
Gray, J. (Author)
Springer-Verlag
Physical Details: x + 237 pp.; illus.; bibl.; index
Description Includes an edition of Desargues' Rough draft of an essay on the results of taking plane sections of a cone (1639), the pamphlet with which the modern study of projective geometry began.
Review Turner, A.J. (1988) Review of "The geometrical work of Girard Desargues". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 111-12).
Review Coxeter, H.S.M. (1989) Review of "The geometrical work of Girard Desargues". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (pp. 213-14).
Review Ilgauds, H.J. (1991/92) Review of "The geometrical work of Girard Desargues". NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin (p. 294).
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