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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.
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.