Distinguished Figures in Descriptive Geometry and Its Applications for Mechanism Science From the Middle Ages to the 17th Century /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cigola, Michela (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 30
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Architecture.; Mathematics.; Mechanical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Architectural History and Theory.; Mathematics in Art and Architecture.; History of Science.

This book consists of chapters that focus specifically on single figures that worked on Descriptive Geometry and also in Mechanisms Sciences and contain biographical notes, a survey of their work and their achievements, together with a modern interpretation of their legacy. Since Vitruvius in ancien...