Histoires de géomètres-- et de géométrie

Synopsis of Histoires de géomètres-- et de géométrie

«Histoires de géomètres... et de géométrie» is the historical fiction book by Jean-Louis Brahem, published by Pommier in paperback (285 pages, in French).

Brahem recreates the history of geometry through its practices: a Babylonian land surveyor, Eratosthenes' gardener, a master stonemason traveling through Gothic France with Villard de Honnecourt, and Leonardo da Vinci, who explains how to simulate depth, light, fog, and water.

The book was published in 2011 and is classified in the categories of History, Science, and Education, with Dewey code 516.

For readers interested in the history of mathematics, applied geometry, and its protagonists.