geometers

The famous spiral of the geometers is the general plan followed by the

The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Thus, the geometers of Ancient Greece recognised, we live in a three-dimensional world.

Boing Boing 2009

So the old question, whether Euclid's parallel postulate (as a statement about space) was deducible from Euclid's other assumptions about space, was no longer interesting to geometers.

Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009

To start from clear principles ¦ then to make progress step by step, patiently, painstakingly, at a pace that the rules of deductive logic discipline with extreme severity: this is what German genius excels at; the German esprit is essentially esprit de géométrie ¦ The Germans are geometers, they are not subtle [fin]; the Germans completely lack esprit de finesse.

Mathematical Style Mancosu, Paolo 2009

Differential geometers of the stature of Lie and Cartan relied on their use in the formulation of concepts which would later be put on a

Continuity and Infinitesimals Bell, John L. 2009

Instead, geometers showed that if one wrote down an up-to-date version of Euclid's other assumptions, in the form of a theory T, then it was possible to find models of T which fail to satisfy the parallel postulate.

Model Theory Hodges, Wilfrid 2009

This is the method of reductio ad absurdum familiar to ancient Greek geometers and modern formal logicians and mathematicians.

Aristotle on Non-contradiction Gottlieb, Paula 2007

Since Archytas 'duplication of the cube shows him to be one of the leading solid geometers of the time, it is hard to avoid the conclusion that Plato regarded him as one of the arrogant experts, who focused on solving charming problems but failed to produce a coherent discipline of solid geometry.

Archytas Huffman, Carl 2007

Just as some adherents of the ˜empirical™ school tend to regard cosmology as a testing ground for their extrapolations and as a legitimate playground for the geometers, so some adherents of the deductive approach appear to regard cosmology as a purely logical subject.

Cosmology: Methodological Debates in the 1930s and 1940s Gale, George 2007

In order to fit these experiences into an atheist framework, I would have to resort to endless ad hoc explanations: this lacks the elegance of geometers and parsimony of philosophers.

Review - Orphans Of Chaos, by John C. Wright 2005