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Title
Distinguished figures in descriptive geometry and Its applications for mechanism science [electronic resource] : from the middle ages to the 17th century / Michela Cigola, editor.
ISBN
9783319201979 (electronic book)
3319201972 (electronic book)
9783319201962
Published
Cham : Springer, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-319-20197-9 doi
Call Number
QA501
Dewey Decimal Classification
516/.6
Summary
This book consists of chapters that focus specifically on single figures that worked on Descriptive Geometry and also in Mechanisms Sciences and contain biographical notes, a survey of their work and their achievements, together with a modern interpretation of their legacy. Since Vitruvius in ancient times, and with Brunelleschi in the Renaissance, the two disciplines began to share a common direction which, over the centuries, took shape through less well-known figures until the more recent times in which Gaspard Monge worked. Over the years, a gap has been created between Descriptive Geometry and Mechanism Science, which now appear to belong to different worlds. In reality, however, there is a very close relationship between the two disciplines, with a link based on extremely solid foundations. Without the theoretical foundations of Geometry it would not be possible to draw and design mechanical parts such as gears, while in Kinematics it would be less easy to design and predict the reciprocal movements of parts in a complex mechanical assembly.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed July 30, 2015).
Series
History of mechanism and machine science ; v. 30.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783319201962
Preface, by Marco Ceccarelli
Introduction, by Michela Cigola
Gerbert of Aurillac (c. 940-1003), by Carlo Bianchini and Luca J. Senatore
Francesco Feliciano De Scolari (1470-1542), by Arturo Gallozzi
Niccolò Tartaglia (c. 1550-1557), by Alfonso Ippolito and Cristiana Bartolomei
Federico Commandino (1509-1575), by Ornella Zerlenga
Egnazio Danti (1536-1586), by Mario Centofanti
Guidobaldo Del Monte (1545-1607), by Barbara Aterini
Giovan Battista Aleotti (1546-1636), by Fabrizio I. Apollonio
Giovanni Pomodoro (XVI century), by Stefano Brusaporci
Jacques Ozanam (1640-1718), by Cristina Càndito.
