Euclid Vindicated from Every Blemish: Edited and Annotated by Vincenzo De Risi. Translated by G.B. Halsted and L. Allegri - Classic Texts in the Sciences - Gerolamo Saccheri - Books - Birkhauser Verlag AG - 9783319377919 - August 23, 2016
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Euclid Vindicated from Every Blemish: Edited and Annotated by Vincenzo De Risi. Translated by G.B. Halsted and L. Allegri - Classic Texts in the Sciences Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 edition

Gerolamo Saccheri

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Euclid Vindicated from Every Blemish: Edited and Annotated by Vincenzo De Risi. Translated by G.B. Halsted and L. Allegri - Classic Texts in the Sciences Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 edition

Saccheri's attempt to prove the Parallel Postulate is today considered the most important breakthrough in geometry in the 18th century, as he was able to develop for hundreds of pages and dozens of theorems a system in geometry that denied the truth of the postulate (in the attempt to find a contradiction).


388 pages, 83 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released August 23, 2016
ISBN13 9783319377919
Publishers Birkhauser Verlag AG
Pages 381
Dimensions 170 × 244 × 21 mm   ·   548 g
Translator Allegri, Linda
Translator Halsted, G.B.