Titre et auteur:

The mathematical works of Leon Battista Alberti / translations and commentary by Kim Williams, Lionel March, and Stephen R. Wassell ; foreword by Robert Tavernor ; with contributions by Richard Schofield and Angela Pintore.

Publication:

[Basel] : Birkhäuser ; [Place of publication not identified] : Springer Basel, ©2010.

Description:

x, 221 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-221).
Leon Battista Alberti, Ex ludis rerum mathematicarum. Transcription codice Galileiana 10 fols. 1r-16r -- English translation of Ex ludis rerum mathematicarum -- Transcriber's note / Angela Pintore -- Translator's note / Kim Williams -- Commentary on Ex ludis rerum mathematicarum / Stephen R. Wassell -- Leon Battista Alberti, Elementi di pittura. Elements of Painting / Kim Williams and Richard Schofield, trans. -- Commentary on Elements of Painting / Stephen R. Wassell -- Leon Battista Alberti, De componendis cifris. On Writing in Ciphers / Kim Williams, trans. -- Commentary on On Writing in Ciphers / Lionel March -- Notes on the translation of On Writing in Ciphers / Kim Williams -- Leon Battista Alberti, De lunularum quadratura. On Squaring the Lune / Kim Williams, trans. -- Commentary on On Squaring the Lune / Lionel March.

Résumé:

Leon Battista Alberti was an outstanding polymath of the 15th century, alongside Piero della Francesca & before Leonardo da Vinci. While his contributions to architecture & the visual arts are well known, his mathematical works are not well represented. The four treatises included here are valuable in rounding out the portrait of this thinker.

ISBN:

9783034604734 (hbk.)
3034604734 (hbk.)

Sujet:

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472.
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472 Influence.
Mathematics Early works to 1800.
Mathématiques Ouvrages avant 1800.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Mathematics.

Classification/genre:

Early works to 1800.
Early works.

Vedettes secondaires:

Williams, Kim, 1956-
March, Lionel, 1934-
Wassell, Stephen R.

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 278789
Cote: BIB 214465
Statut: Disponible