Alfonso's Rectifying the curved a fourteenth-century Hebrew geometrical-philosophical treatise /

This volume offers a new English translation, introduction, and detailed commentary on Sefer Meyasher 'Aqov, (The Rectifying of the Curved), a 14th-century Hebrew treatise on the foundation of geometry. The book is a mixture of two genres: philosophical discussion and formal, Euclidean-type geo...

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Main Author: Abner, of Burgos, approximately 1270-
Other Authors: Glasner, Ruth,, Baraness, Avinoam,, SpringerLink (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Hebrew
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2021]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 282 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Series: Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences.
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