- Description
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Summary
- "Underground Mathematics tells the story of a forgotten discipline: subterranean geometry. Through vivid case studies, it tells how geometry was used in metallic mines, from surveying to mapmaking, by practitioners using esoteric manuscripts. The book contextualizes in a non-technical way how a culture of accuracy and quantification developed in early modern Europe"--
- Uniform Title
- Underground mathematics (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Underground mathematics (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Of scholars and miners -- A mathematical culture : the art of setting limits -- The mines and the court -- Writing it down : innovation, secrecy, and print -- "So fair a subterraneous city" : mapping the underground -- How to teach it? : finding the right direction -- "One of geometry's nicest applications" : crafting the Deep-George Tunnel (1771-1799).
- LCCN
- 2022027018
- OCLC
- ssj0002738490
- Author
Morel, Thomas, 1986-
- Title
Underground mathematics [electronic resource] : craft culture and knowledge production in early modern Europe / Thomas Morel.
- Imprint
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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