Appendix, the theory of space [E-Book] / Janos Bolyai ; with introduction, comments, and addenda, edited by Ferenc Karteszi ; supplement by Barna Szenassy.
The epoch-making work of Janos Bolyai is presented here, together with a supplement outlining Hungarian political and science history to help the reader to get acquainted with the miserable fate of Janos Bolyai and with his intellectual world. A facsimile of a copy of Bolyai's original 1831 Sci...
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Personal Name(s): | Bolyai, Janos, |
Karteszi, Ferenc. / Szenassy, Barna. | |
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Amsterdam ; New York : New York :
North-Holland ;
1987
Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada : Elsevier Science Pub. Co., |
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1 online resource (238, [1] p.) : ill. |
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englisch |
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0080872492 9780080872490 |
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North-Holland mathematics studies ;
138 |
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The epoch-making work of Janos Bolyai is presented here, together with a supplement outlining Hungarian political and science history to help the reader to get acquainted with the miserable fate of Janos Bolyai and with his intellectual world. A facsimile of a copy of Bolyai's original 1831 Scientia Spatii (also known as the Appendix) is included, together with a translation. Comments and notes, and a survey of the effects of his work, complete the volume. |