Euclid’s Elements, which presented the state of the art in geometry around 300 B.C., has been extraordinarily influential. This massive, 13-volume compendium set the standard for mathematical ...
THIS is a philosophical thesis by a writer who is really familiar with the subject of non-Euclidean geometry, and as such it is well worth reading. The first three chapters are historical; the ...
IN reference to the controversy between Mr. Spencer and his reviewer about Sir I. Newton's calling his laws of motion “axioms,” it is to be observed that there is a certain ambiguity in the word.
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