THIS is a philosophical thesis by a writer who is really familiar with the subject of non-Euclidean geometry, and as such it is well worth reading. The first three chapters are historical; the ...
About a month ago, I discussed how the axiomatic system developed by Euclid to study geometry (and later employed by giants such as Johannes Kepler and Issac Newton) became the intellectual ...
The Elements, composed in about 300 b.c., is a landmark of human thought. It has exerted a profound influence on science and philosophy by serving as both a basic geometry textbook (widely used for ...
IN reference to the controversy between Mr. Spencer and his reviewer about Sir I. Newton's calling his laws of motion “axioms,” it is to be observed that there is a certain ambiguity in the word.
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