Descriptive Geometry, the Spread of a Polytechnic Art: The Legacy of Gaspard Monge (Hardcover, 2019)

Table of Contents Part I- First spreading in Western Europe Chapter 1 Monge's Descriptive Geometry: his Lessons and the Teachings given by Lacroix and Hachette Evelyne Barbin Chapter 2 Descriptive Geometry in France: Circulation, Transformation, Recognition (1795- 1905) Evelyne Barbin Chapter 3 Descriptive Geometry in Italy in the 19th Century: Spread, Popularization, Teaching Roberto Scoth Chapter 4 Luigi Cremona and Wilhelm Fiedler: the Link between Descriptive and Projective Geometry in Technical Instruction Marta Menghini Chapter 5 Descriptive Geometry in 19th Century Spain: from Monge to Cirodde Elena Ausejo Chapter 6 Descriptive Geometry in Spain and the Emergence of the late Modern European outlook on the Relationship between Pure Science and Technology Ana Millan Gasca Chapter 7 Portuguese books of Descriptive Geometry, from University and Polytechnic to Secondary School Eliana Manuel Pinho, Jose Carlos Santos, Joao Pedro Xavier Part II- Installation of Descriptive Geometry in Europe Chapter 8 A German Interpreting of Descriptive Geometry and Polytechnic Nadine Benstein Chapter 9 The Evolution of Descriptive Geometry in Austria Hellmuth Stachel Chapter 10 The Vienna School of Descriptive Geometry Christa Binder Chapter 11 Otto Wilhelm Fiedler and the Synthesis of Projective and Descriptive Geometry Klaus Volkert Chapter 12 At the Crossroads of two Engineering Cultures, or An Unedited Story of the French Polytechnician Charles Potier's Descriptive Geometry Books in Russia Irina Gouzevitch and Dmitri Gouzevitch Chapter 13 Engineering Studies and Secondary Education: Descriptive Geometry in the Netherlands (1820-1960) Jenneke Kruger Chapter 14 In Pursuit of Monge's Ideal: the Introduction of Descriptive Geometry in the Educational Institutions in Greece during the 19th century Christine Phili Chapter 15 The Rise and Fall of Descriptive Geometry in Denmark Jesper Lutzen Chapter 16 Descriptive Geometry at Czech Technical Universities until 1939 Vlasta Moravcova Chapter 17 The Love Affair with Descriptive Geometry: Its History in Serbia Katarina Jevtic Novakovic and Snezana Lawrence Chapter 18 Descriptive geometry in England - Lost in Translation Snezana Lawrence Part III- Descriptive geometry in America and Africa Chapter 19 Teaching of Descriptive Geometry in the United States (1817-1915): Circulation among Military Engineers, Scholars and Draftsmen Thomas Preveraud Chapter 20 The Teaching of Descriptive Geometry in Egypt (1837-1902) Pascal Crozet Chapter 21 The Dissemination of Descriptive Geometry in Latin America Gert Schubring, Vinicius Mendes, Thiago Oliveira and Luiz Carlos Guimaraes Epilogue Chapter 22 The Myth of the Polytechnic School Gert Schubring