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A Acerbi, F., 45 Adam, C., 166–169, 171, 175, 176, 178–181, 183–185 Index A 80, 81, 84, 86, 87, 93, 97, 98, 107, 112, Acerbi, F., 45 137, 198, 201, 212, 233, 235, 236 Adam, C., 166–169, 171, 175, 176, 178–181, Arius Didymus, 35 183–185, 187, 188, 200, 201 Arnauld, 217, 227, 233, 239–242, 245 Adams, R.M., 234, 245, 306 Arnzen, R., 55 Adorno, T.W., 147 Arriaga, R.de, 6 Adrastos, 77–81, 89, 96 Arthur, R, 254 Aetius, 35 Athenaeus, 39 Agapius, 56 Atherton, M., 170, 174 Aglietta, M., 151 Aujac, G., 145 Aichelin, J., 232 Autolycus, 15, 20, 21, 23, 24 Aiken, J.A., 148 Ayers, M., 229 Aime, M., 145 Aksamija, N., 152 Alberti, L.B., 9, 148, 150 B Alembert, J.d', 70 Bacon, R., 165, 166 Alexander of Aphrodisias, 16, 35, 43, 54, 56, Banu Musa, 53 58, 61, 77, 78, 81 Barnes, J., 38, 212, 235 Algra, K., 34, 35, 38 Barozzi, F., 115, 119, 120 Al-Haytham, 164–167 Barrow, I., 6, 220 Alhazen, see Ibn Al-Haytham Basileides of Tyre, 37 Al-Khwārizmī, 92 Baudrillard, J., 144 Al-Kindī, 161, 162, 164, 165 Bayle, P., 237 Al-Nayrizi, 55–57, 59 Beauchamp, T.L., 274 Al-Sijzī, 110 Bechtle, G., 105 Allison, H.E., 283 Belting, H., 145, 148 Andronicus of Rhodes, 102 Benatouïl, T., 114 Apollodorus, 41, 42 Benjamin, W., 144, 145, 148 Apollonios of Perge (Apollonius), 15, 19–21, Bentley, R., 223–226 23–27, 37, 38, 52, 53, 63, 81, 106, 123 Berggren, J.L., 94 Apostle Thomas, 147 Berkeley, G., 11, 160, 161, 166, 170, 186 Aratus, 24 Bernadete, J., 212, 213 Arbini, R., 170 Bernanos, G., 137 Archedemus, 41 Bernoulli, J., 233 Archimedes, 15, 19–21, 23, 24, 27, 29, 38, 39, Bessel, F.W., 72 44, 45, 47, 68, 106, 123 Bioesmat-Martagon, L., 72 Ariew, R., 110, 212, 214 Blumenberg, H., 143 Aristaeus, 27 Boer, E., 93 Ariston, 39 Bolyai, J., 11 Aristotle, 3, 5, 6, 15, 16, 18, 19, 24–34, 36, Bonola, R., 70 40–45, 47–50, 55, 58, 60, 61, 68, 75, Borelli, G.A., 6 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 311 V. De Risi (ed.), Mathematizing Space, Trends in the History of Science, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-12102-4 312 Index Borsi, F., 146 Cleomedes, 35, 40, 44 Bos, H.J.M., 183 Clerselier, C., 213 Bossuet, J.B., 247 Cohen, I.B., 138, 221, 222, 302, 306 Bour, P.E., 114 Cohen, P., 139 Bourdieu, P., 145 Colafrancesco, S., 81 Bouriau, C., 125 Colombo, 144 Bowin, J., 212 Columbus, C., 148 Boyle, R., 203, 223, 267, 273 Columbus, F., 143, 144 Brandt, F., 195 Conway, A., 218 Breton, S., 105 Copernicus, 209 Brooke, J., 105, 221 Cottingham, J., 160, 168, 187 Broughton, J., 216 Cordemoy, G.de, 241 Brunelleschi, F., 145–147, 149–151 Cotes, R., 221 Bruno, G., 6, 209 Cover, J.A., 245 Buchheim, T., 32 Crönert, W., 37 Buchwald, J.Z., 86, 88, 92 Crary, J., 157, 159, 169, 187, 188 Burckhardt, J., 144, 145 Crettez, J.P., 133 Budenz, J., 32, 302 Crozet, P., 110, 122, 133, 136 Burman, F., 32, 214 Crovetto, P.L., 144 C D Calcidius, 77, 80, 81 Daniels, S., 144 Calinger, R., 45 Datini, F., 146 Cambiano, G., 38 Daston, L., 210 Cantor, G., 293 Dalai Emiliani, M., 145 Cantimori, D., 154 Dampish, 145 Carman, C., 95 Dedekind, R., 289 Carpani, D., 144 De Haas, 32 Carslaw, H.S., 73 De Harven, 35, 40, 42, 43, 61 Calvenus, 39 Damisch, H., 145 Carson, E., 283 Delyser, D., 144 Casey, E.S., 150 De Angelis d’Ossat, G., 145, 146 Cassirer, E., 2 De Pierris, G., 255, 259, 268, 273, 291 Cavalieri, B., 39, 224 De Pesloüan, 105 Ceccarelli, F., 153, 38 De Risi, V., 53, 61, 69, 70, 244, 247–249, 287, Ceccarelli, M., 61 298, 306 Cernoti, L., 146 De Vittori, T., 110 Chiodi, P., 144, 146 De Volder, 235, 237–240, 242, 247–251 Chambers, E., 269 Del Monte, G., 9 Charles-Saget, A., 105 Delattre Biencourt, J., 78 Charleton, W., 219 Demetrius, 37 Chemla, K., 116 Demetrius of Laconia, 37 Christianidis, J., 38 Demis, A., 38 Chrysippus, 35, 39–45 Democritus, 24, 39, 44 Cicero, M.T., 39, 88 Des Bosses, B., 250–252 Claessens, G., 105, 112, 113, 126 Desargues, G., 9 Clairaut, A.-C., 71 Descartes, R., 6, 11, 22, 105, 110, 125, 136, Clarke, S., 221, 231 157–161, 165–188, 193, 194, 200, 201, Clavius, C., 6, 69 204, 209–223, 226–228, 234, 235, 267, Cleanthes, 41 273 Cleary, J.J., 105 Detlefsen, M., 125 Cipolloni, M., 144 Di Martino, A., 152 Index 313 Dickson, M., 308 Ferdinand II of Aragon (King), 144 Digby, K., 203 Fichant, M., 287, 288 Dilthey, W., 283 Ficino, M., 7 Diogenes, 40–42 Filipponi, S., 146 Diogenes Laertius, 41 Florenskij, P., 145–151 Dionysodorus, 37 Føllesdal, D., 255 DiSalle, R., 307 Foucher, S., 236, 243 Dodgson, C., 68 Fourier, J., 70 Dosch, H.G., 232 Fraenkel, A., 138 Domski, M., 110 Francks, R., 254 Donahue, W.H., 190 Franklin, A., 86, 88, 92 Doni, M., 143 Frauchiger, M., 274 Dositheus, 38 Frede, M., 292 Duccio, 9 Frege, G., 293 Duhem, P., 199, 201 Friedlein, G., 108 Duke, D., 92 Friedman, M., 280, 282–286, 289, 291, 292, Dunnington, G.W., 72 298–307 Dupuis, J., 78 Dürer, A., 9 Düring, I., 77 G Gabbey, A., 218 Galen, 35, 42 E Galileo, 196, 197, 211, 217 Eberhard, J.A., 283 Gandon, S., 140 Edgerton, S.Y., 145, 276 Garber, D., 61, 199, 211, 234, 241, 246, 247, Einstein, A., 307 250, 252 Engel, F., 73 Gassendi, P., 8, 220, 273 Engels, F., 154 Gauchet, M, 152 Engfer, H.-J, 194 Gaukroger, S., 170, 178, 179, 181 Enriques, F., 73 Gaurico, P., 9 Entrikin, J.N., 144 Gauss, C.F., 1, 70, 72 Epicurus, 34, 241 Geminus of Rhodes, 35, 40, 43, 80 Epstein, W., 159, 160, 164, 168, 178 Gerard of Odo, 6 Eratosthenes, 39, 60, 61 Gerson, L., 102 Euclid, 1, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 16, 18–21, 23, Ghelardi, M., 145 24, 26, 27, 29, 38, 39, 41–43, 45–47, Giaquinta, M., v 49–61, 65–72, 105–108, 112, 113, Gerson, 86 115–117, 119–121, 125–129, 131, 132, Gil, J., 143, 144 136, 151, 161, 162, 183, 193, 205, 207, Gillespie, C.C., 30 238, 270, 271, 284, 295, 302 Giobbi, G., 81 Eudemus, 34, 36, 37, 41 Giotto, 9, 145, 276 Eudoxus of Cnidus (Eudoxos), 3, 24, 26, 38, Girard, J.-Y., 137, 138 39, 81, 87, 97, 98, 209 Goffen, R., 148 Eustace of Saint Paul, 178 Gogel, W.C., 180 Eutocius of Ascalon, 123 Goldstein, B.R., 85, 94 Evans, J., 80, 81 Gorelov, A., 154 Ewald, W., 70, 71 Gotthelf, A., 30 Gramsci, A., 149, 150 Grant, E., 107, 109, 162, 196 F Gratus, J., 139 Fabbrizi, C., v Gray, J.J., 72 von Fabriczy, C., 147 Gregorio, M., 145, 148 Farinelli, F., 144, 147, 151, 152 Gregory, R.L., 176 Feke, J., 86 Greyson, A., 189 314 Index Grothendieck, A., 138, 139 Isabella I of Castile (Queen), 144 Guicciardini, N., 223–225 Ivins, W., 147 Guyer, P., 309 J H Jackson, D.E.P., 59 de Haas, F., 32 Jacquot, J., 207 Hadrian (Emperor), 76 Jamblichus, 136 Hahm, D., 44 Janiak, A., 306 Hamilton, N.T., 94 Jeffrey, G., 307 Hanson, D.W, 194 Jesseph, D., 199, 203–205, 207 Harari, O., 125 Jesus of Nazareth, 147 Harries, K., 210 Joachim, H.H., 32 Harrison, J., 224 Joinet, J.-B., 137 Hartmann, N., 105 Jones, A., 25, 27, 61, 76–78, 86, 88, 94, 96, Hartz, G.A., 245 123, 207 de Harven, 35, 40, 42, 43, 61 Jones, H.W., 208 Harvey, D., 150 Jorgensen, L., 253 Hatfield, G., 61, 159, 160, 163, 164, 168, 170, Ju, 40 178, 187 Heath, T.L., 20, 57, 66, 68, 295 Heiberg, J.L., 85, 207 K Heidegger, M., 144, 146, 280, 287 Kallippos (Callippus), 81, 87, 97, 98 Heinzmann, G., 114 Kant, I., 3, 12, 125, 159, 169, 170, 195, 231, Heliodorus of Larissa, 94 249, 275–307 Helmholtz, H.von, 159, 275, 307 Kästner, A., 283, 284, 286, 287 Henry, J., 229 Keene, N., 221 Herbert, G.B., 195 Kennedy, E.S., 92 Hermotimus of Colophon, 26 Kepler, J., 157, 161, 162, 164–166, 168, 301 Heron of Alexandria, 16, 20–24, 27–29, 34–36, Kerszberg, P., 306 55, 57–61 Khayyam, ‘U., 110 von Herrmann, 144, 146 Kidd, I.G., 62 Hessayon, A., 221 Kleinberg-Levin, D.M., 170, 189 Heyer, D., 163 Knorr, W.R., 27, 45 Hilbert, D., 18, 107, 115 Kopperman, R, 139 Hiller, E., 76, 96, 100 Koyré, A., 107, 209, 210, 221, 222 Hintikka, J., 58, 194, 283 Krüger, L., 292 Hipparchus of Nicaea, 24, 45, 77, 79, 100, 102 Kuhn, T., 209–211 Hobbes, T., 7, 152, 193–207, 224, 225, 237 Hooke, R., 265, 266 Horkheimer, M., 147 L Hoskin, M.A., 230 La Hire, P.de, 9 Hume, D., 11, 255–262, 264–273, 304 La Rosa, D., 147 Husserl, E., 18 Lambert, J.H., 11, 65, 71 Hussey, E., 47, 49, 50 Lammert, F., 93 Hypsicles, 20, 21, 23, 24, 37 de Las Casas, B., 143 Lawlor, D., 78, 103 Lawlor, R., 78, 103 I Lawvere, W.F., 138 Ibish, Y., 122, 136 Leavey, J.P., 18 Ibn al-Haytham, 110, 160, 163–165, 168 Lee, C., 229 Isaac, A., 220 Legendre, A.-M., 71, 72 Index 315 Leibniz, 1, 9, 10, 12, 69, 70, 135, 193, 214, Mausfeld, R., 163, 190 219, 221, 231–253, 267, 273, 276, 283, Mauss, M., 145 293, 306 Mazzocchi, 146 Leijenhorst, C., 194–197 McGuire, J.E., 18, 29, 34, 215, 220, 224, 228 L’Enfant, J., 247 Mersenne, M., 227 Lernould, A., 105 Michelangelo, 150, 155 Levey, S., 245 Michaels, E., 178, 190 Lewis, G., 217, 227 Michaels, F.S., 178, 190 Lindberg, D.C., 161, 162, 164, 165 Michels, K., 148 Lipietz, A., 151 Miller, N., 121 Lo Bello, A., 55, 56 Miller, R.P., 229 Lobachevskii, N.I., 70 Miller, V.R., 121 Locke, J., 259, 267, 268, 273 Millon, H., 150, 155 Lodge, P., 249, 252 Misler, N., 146, 150 Loemker, L.E., 253 Moerdijk, I., 138 Long, A.A., 34, 35, 40, 43, 45 Molesworth, W., Sir, 207, 208 Longuenesse, B., 287, 288, 291–299 Monge, G., 10, 70 Look, B., 251 Moore, A.W., 212, 214, 219, 228 Lorette, G., 133 Moraux, P., 77, 78, 213, 217–222, 227, 228 Lucretius, 202 Morelon, R., 85 Lukács, G., 149 Morolli, G., 146 Lunghini, G., 151 Morrow, G.R., 25, 26, 108, 112, 125 Luria, S., 39 Morus, 217, 227 Lyre, H., 301, 308 Most, G.W., 147, 232 Mueller, I., 43, 51, 105, 107, 109, 112 Mugler, C., 18, 20, 21, 24, 27, 28 M Mumma, J., 108, 109, 112, 113, 121 Mac Lane, S., 138 Murdoch, D., 162, 189 Mach, E., 275, 307 Murdoch, J., 190 Machamer, P., 30, 163 Murschel, A., 85–87, 90 Maclean, I., 221, 230 Macpherson, C.B., 152 Magini, G.A., 145, 154 N Magnago Lampugnani, V., 150, 155 Nadler, S.,
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