6 papers
Spherical trigonometry before the modern era:The treatise of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Athanase Papadopoulos
This is an overview of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi's Treatise of the quadrilateral, an invaluable 13th century document on spherical geometry which was translated into French in 1891. The…
Johann Heinrich Lambert's memoir "Theorie der Parallellinien": A review with commentary
Athanase Papadopoulos, Guillaume Théret
We review the memoir \emph{heorie der Parallellinien} by Johann Heinrich Lambert, written in 1766. Lambert, a victim of the prejudices of his time, conceived this memoir as an atte…
Simone Weil, Andr{é} Weil, Bourbaki and Pythagorean mathematics
Athanase Papadopoulos
Simone Weil is one of the most prominent 20th century French philosophers. She is the sister of Andr{é} Weil, the renowned mathematician, the father of modern algebraic geometry an…
Galilei and Huygens: Music and science
Athanase Papadopoulos
Vincenzo Galilei and Constantijn Huygens were both humanists and eminent musicians, the former from the late Renaissance and the latter from the early Modern era. Their respective…
Café conversations: A tribute to Norbert A'Campo
Athanase Papadopoulos
This is an intrusion in the life and the mathematics of Norbert A'Campo, intended to be a tribute to him and an acknowledgement of his impact on those who know him and his work. Th…
Pavel Florensky and his world
Athanase Papadopoulos
This is an overview of the life and works of Pavel Florensky, an important and singular figure of the period rightly described as the \emph{Silver Age of Russian mathematics}, with…