Compare Prices | Create Shopping Lists with Price Drop Alerts | Set Coupons, Promo Codes & Sales Alerts | Get Access to Exclusive Deals and Much More... All in One Place | Read all about it here

Euclid's Heritage. Is Space Three-Dimensional?

Euclid's Heritage. Is Space Three-Dimensional?

Brand
Springer Nature
Manufacturer
N/A
Part Number
0
GTIN
9780792320258
Condition
New
Product Description

We live in a space, we get about in it. We also quantify it, we think of it as having dimensions. Ever since Euclid's ancient geometry, we have thought of bodies occupying parts of this space (including our own bodies), the space of our practical orientations (our 'moving abouts'), as having three dimensions. Bodies have volume specified by measures of length, breadth and height. But how do we know that the space we live in has just these three dimensions? It is theoreti cally possible that some spaces might exist that are not correctly described by Euclidean geometry. After all, there are the non Euclidian geometries, descriptions of spaces not conforming to the axioms and theorems of Euclid's geometry. As one might expect, there is a history of philosophers' attempts to 'prove' that space is three-dimensional. The present volume surveys these attempts from Aristotle, through Leibniz and Kant, to more recent philosophy. As you will learn, the historical theories are rife with terminology, with language, already tainted by the as sumed, but by no means obvious, clarity of terms like 'dimension', 'line', 'point' and others. Prior to that language there are actions, ways of getting around in the world, building things, being interested in things, in the more specific case of dimensionality, cutting things. It is to these actions that we must eventually appeal if we are to understand how science is grounded.

Available Colors
Available Sizes
1 Offer Price Range: $84.99 - $84.99
BEST PRICE

Single Product Purchase

$84.99
@ Link.springer.com     BUY Now

Price Comparison

Seller Contact Seller List Price On Sale Shipping Best Promo Final Price Volume Discount Financing Availability Seller's Page
BEST PRICE
1 Product Purchase
@ Link.springer.com
Contact Store Call Store Contact Support
$84.99 $84.99

$84.99
See Site In stock Visit Store

Similar Products

Korea-China Relations in History and Contemporary Implications

$139.99

Out of Time

$39.99

Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models in the Evolution of Modern Engineering Systems

$39.99

Database and Expert Systems Applications

$84.99

Protein Fluorescence

$129.00

Transmissionen

$84.99

Alan Moore, Out from the Underground

$109.00

Democracy Promotion and Foreign Policy

$54.99

Distributed Platforms

$219.99

Complex Syntax in the Language of Persons with Down Syndrome

$44.99

Computational Vision and Bio-Inspired Computing

$219.99

Rntgen kontrastmittel

$69.99

Die Nukleinsuren des Cytoplasmas

$59.99

Prozessorganisation: Theoretische Grundlagen und Gestaltungsoptionen

$59.99

Werkzeugmaschinen

$79.95

Handbuch Technologie- und Innovationsmanagement

$249.99

Guided Reading Level H Pack 1

$63.00

Literary Paths to Religious Understanding

$39.99

IAEG/AEG Annual Meeting Proceedings, San Francisco, California, 2018 - Volume 2

$169.99

Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages

$39.99

Die literarische Moderne in Europa

$79.99

Verkehrsteuern

$49.99

Dual Career Service

$17.99

PTEN

$109.99

Competitive Advantage of Customer Centricity

$89.99

Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science

$39.99

Qualittssicherung in der Medizin, Probleme und Lsungsanstze

$84.99

Emerging Challenges to Food Production and Security in Asia, Middle East, and Africa

$139.99

Thinking About Development

$54.99

Handbook of Lymphoma

$54.99

Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren zur Steuerung kommunaler Entwicklung

$44.99

Vision in the Animal World

$39.99

Laser Raman Gas Diagnostics

$39.99

Fundamentals of Robotic Mechanical Systems

$74.99

Intensive Care Medicine

$109.99

Sea Levels, Land Levels, and Tide Gauges

$109.99

Rare Earths

$39.99

3rd International Conference on Science and Technology Education 2022

$199.99

Language and Canadian Media

$54.99

Lehr- und bungsbuch fr Commodore-Volkscomputer

$59.99