History of Geometry Bibliography (9/6/99)
Prepared by:
Joseph Malkevitch
Mathematics and Computing Department
York College (CUNY)
Jamaica, New York 11451-0001
Email: malkevitch@york.cuny.edu (for additions, suggestions, and corrections)
Davis, P., Spirals from Theodorus to Chaos, A.K. Peters, Wellesley, 1993.
Dijksterhuis, E., Archimedes, E. Munksgaard, Copenhagen, 1956; reprinted with a biographical
supplement, "Archimedes after Dijksterhuis," by W. Knorr, Princeton U. Press, Princeton,
l987.
Federico, P., Descartes on Polyhedra, Springer-Verlag, New York, l981.
Heath, T., Apollonius of Perga: Treatise on the Conic Sections, Cambridge U. Press,
Cambridge, 1896.
Heath, T., A History of Greek Mathematics, 2 Vols., Dover, New York, l981.
Heath, T., The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, (2nd ed.), 3 Vols., Dover, New
York, 1956.
Hilbert, D., The Foundations of Geometry, Open Court, LaSalle, l969.
Knorr, W., Textual Studies in Ancient and Medieval Geometry, Birkhauser, Bosten, 1989.
Osserman, R., Poetry of the Universe, Anchor Books, New York, 1995.
Richards, J., Mathematical Visions,
Trudeau, R., The Euclidean Revolution,
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