L’Invention du nombre

Des mythes de creation aux Elements d'Euclide

by Olivier Keller

Book cover: L’Invention du nombre

Extent: 343 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Classical Studies, Philosophy, Technical Sciences: Computer Science, Engineering, IT, & Math

Series: Histoire et philosophie des sciences

Series volume number: 12

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(October 2016)

ISBN: 9782406059714

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $45.00

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Hardback (Published)

(December 2016)

ISBN: 9782406059721

8.62 x 5.91 inches

Price: $86.00

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Ethnography and oriental mythologies clearly show the archaic modelling of creative energy through the contradictory concept of the multiplicity of the One : hence the possibility of the concept of integer. This work explores its genesis in different societies and its theorization in Euclid’s Elements.

  • By (author) Olivier Keller