Redefining Geometrical Exactness: Descartes' Transformation Of The Early Modern Concept Of Construction
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Explores the ideas about construction and geometrical exactness, noting that by the time Descartes entered the field, the incursion of algebraic techniques, combined with an uncertainty about the proper means of geometrical problem solving, had produced a certain impasse. This book analyzes how Descartes transformed geometry.