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Irrationality, transcendence and the circle-squaring problem. An annotated translation of J. H. Lambert’s Vorläufige Kenntnisse and Mémoire
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SYSNO ASEP 0572304 Document Type B - Monograph R&D Document Type Monograph Title Irrationality, transcendence and the circle-squaring problem. An annotated translation of J. H. Lambert’s Vorläufige Kenntnisse and Mémoire Author(s) Dorrego López, E. (ES)
Fuentes Guillén, Elías (FLU-F) ORCID, RID, SAINumber of authors 2 Issue data Cham: Springer, 2023 ISBN 978-3-031-24362-2 Series Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science Series number 58 Number of pages 171 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country CH - Switzerland Keywords Johann Heinrich Lambert ; history of mathematics in the 18th century ; irrationality of Pi ; trascendental numbers ; the circle-squaring problem Subject RIV AA - Philosophy ; Religion OECD category Philosophy, History and Philosophy of science and technology Institutional support FLU-F - RVO:67985955 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24363-9 Annotation This publication includes an unabridged and annotated translation of two works by Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777) written in the 1760s: Vorläufige Kenntnisse für die, so die Quadratur und Rectification des Circuls suchen and Mémoire sur quelques propriétés remarquables des quantités transcendentes circulaires et logarithmiques. The translations are accompanied by a contextualised study of each of these works and provide an overview of Lambert’s contributions, showing both the background and the influence of his work. In addition, by adopting a biographical approach, it allows readers to better get to know the scientist himself. Workplace Institute of Philosophy Contact Chlumská Simona, chlumska@flu.cas.cz ; Tichá Zuzana, asep@flu.cas.cz Tel: 221 183 360 Year of Publishing 2024 Electronic address https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24363-9
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