Descriptive Geometry, The Spread of a Polytechnic Art

Descriptive Geometry, The Spread of a Polytechnic Art
Author: Évelyne Barbin
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3030148084

This book seeks to explore the history of descriptive geometry in relation to its circulation in the 19th century, which had been favoured by the transfers of the model of the École Polytechnique to other countries. The book also covers the diffusion of its teaching from higher instruction to technical and secondary teaching. In relation to that, there is analysis of the role of the institution – similar but definitely not identical in the different countries – in the field under consideration. The book contains chapters focused on different countries, areas, and institutions, written by specialists of the history of the field. Insights on descriptive geometry are provided in the context of the mathematical aspect, the aspect of teaching in particular to non-mathematicians, and the institutions themselves.

Thinking, Drawing, Modelling

Thinking, Drawing, Modelling
Author: Vera Viana
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2020-06-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3030468046

This book presents a selection of papers from the International Conference Geometrias’17, which was hosted by the Department of Architecture at the University of Coimbra from 16 to 18 June 2017. The Geometrias conferences, organized by Aproged (the Portuguese Geometry and Drawing Teachers’ Association), foster debate and exchange on practical and theoretical research in mathematics, architecture, the arts, engineering, and related fields. Geometrias’17, with the leitmotif “Thinking, Drawing, Modelling”, brought together a group of recognized experts to discuss the importance of geometric literacy and the science of representation for the development of scientific and technological research and professional practices. The 12 peer-reviewed papers gathered here show how geometry, drawing, stereotomy, and the science of representation are still at the core of every act leading to the conception and materialization of form, and highlight their continuing relevance for scholars and professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, and applied mathematics.

Civil Report, ...

Civil Report, ...
Author: Cuba. Military governor, 1899-1902 (Leonard Wood)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1168
Release: 1900
Genre:
ISBN:

Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education

Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education
Author: Alexander Karp
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 627
Release: 2014-01-25
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 146149155X

This is the first comprehensive International Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education, covering a wide spectrum of epochs and civilizations, countries and cultures. Until now, much of the research into the rich and varied history of mathematics education has remained inaccessible to the vast majority of scholars, not least because it has been written in the language, and for readers, of an individual country. And yet a historical overview, however brief, has become an indispensable element of nearly every dissertation and scholarly article. This handbook provides, for the first time, a comprehensive and systematic aid for researchers around the world in finding the information they need about historical developments in mathematics education, not only in their own countries, but globally as well. Although written primarily for mathematics educators, this handbook will also be of interest to researchers of the history of education in general, as well as specialists in cultural and even social history.