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In this third installment of his classic 'Foundations' trilogy, Michel Serres takes on the history of geometry and mathematics. Even more broadly, Geometry is the beginnings of things and also how these beginnings have shaped how we continue to think philosophically and critically. Serres rejects a traditional history of mathematics which unfolds in a linear manner, and argues for the need to delve into the past of maths and identify a series of ruptures which can help shed light on how this discipline has developed and how, in turn, the way we think has been shaped and formed.This meticulous and lyrical translation marks the first ever English translation of this key text in the history of ideas.… (more)
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In this third installment of his classic 'Foundations' trilogy, Michel Serres takes on the history of geometry and mathematics. Even more broadly, Geometry is the beginnings of things and also how these beginnings have shaped how we continue to think philosophically and critically. Serres rejects a traditional history of mathematics which unfolds in a linear manner, and argues for the need to delve into the past of maths and identify a series of ruptures which can help shed light on how this discipline has developed and how, in turn, the way we think has been shaped and formed.This meticulous and lyrical translation marks the first ever English translation of this key text in the history of ideas.

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Où et quand la science apparaît-elle ? En Chine, à Babylone, en Egypte ? De par le monde et dans l'histoire, toutes les cultures, peu ou prou, ont tenu des comptes, connu quelques nombres, observé les mouvements du ciel, suivi un calendrier, tenté de soigner les maladies. Une seule inventa de représenter des formes comme le carré, le cercle, la sphère... et de raisonner sur elles en rigueur. Où et quand cette Géométrie apparut-elle donc ? En Grèce, voici vingt-six siècles exactement. Pourquoi ? Comment ? Il existe si peu de réponses à ces questions que bien des historiens parlent de miracle pour qualifier un événement aussi rare. Que peut-on dire de nouveau sur de tels commencements, extraordinaires et inattendus ? Trouver des origines aussi cachées exige de réfléchir, au préalable, sur le temps ; découvrir celles de la Géométrie, de faire voir d'où vient son espace. Ecrire, enfin, les débuts de l'histoire des sciences oblige à chercher, pour commencer, une science de l'histoire.
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