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Desargues, Gérard (1593 - 1662)

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French architect, mathematician and engineer

Desargues was an important representative of the projective geometry. He studied the change of objects, which are projected on a plane inclined, and found a method for the geometric structure of the perspective images of objects, and for the treatment of conical sections. He introduced the so-called modern or projective geometry as a new approach, independent from the traditional Greek geometry. Desargues dealt with cycloid. According to him, the Desargues' theorem is named. His teachings were his contemporaries to geometric theory, although they could find practical application in architecture and painting.
   
variant spelling:
Desargues, Gérard; ; Desargues, G.; Desargues, Girard; Argues, ... d'; Argues, ... des; Des Argues, Gérard; Argues, Gérard des; DesArgues, Gérard
   
Curriculum vitae  
* 02.03.1593 Lyon born
1626 Paris Lecture on geometry
1626 Paris Proposed a project for water supply
1635 Paris Establishment of a private academy
1645 - 1649 Paris Architect
1649 - 1657 Lyon Architect
1657 - 1661 Paris Architect
† October 1662 Lyon died
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Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780
Literature
 
no fulltext found Exemple de l'une des manieres universelles du S. G. D. L. [Girard Desargues, lyonnais] touchant la pratique de la perspective sans emploier aucun tiers point, de distance ny d'autre nature, qui soit hors du champ de l'ouvrage
Author: Desargues, Gérard
Published: 1636
no fulltext found Brouillon project d'une atteinte aux événements des rencontres d'un cone avec un plan
Author: Desargues, Gérard
Published: 1639
no fulltext found Oeuvres de Desargues
Author: Desargues, Gérard
Published: 1864
no fulltext found Erster Entwurf eines Versuchs über die Ergebnisse des Zusammentreffens eines Kegels mit einer Ebene
Author: Zacharias, Max (Ed.); Desargues, Gérard
Published: 1922
 
Secondary literature
 
no fulltext found La Maniere Vniverselle De Mr Desargves, pour poser LEssiev et placer les heures et au[tr]es choses, aux Cadrans Av Soleil
Author: Bosse, Abraham
Published: 1643
no fulltext found Men and machines ; an informal history, in: Machine design
Author: Denavit, Jaques; Hartenberg, Richard Scheunemann
Published: 1956
no fulltext found The Invention of Infinity: Mathematics and Art in the Renaissance
Author: Field, Judith Veronica
Published: 1997
no fulltext found The geometrical work of Girard Desargues
Author: Gray, Jeremy J.; Field, Judith Veronica
Published: 1987
thumbnail of7498009 Maniere vniverselle de Mr. Desargves, pour pratiquer la perspective par petit-pied, comme le Geometral ; Ensemble les places et proportions des Forts & Foibles Touches, Teintes ou Couleurs
Author: Bosse, Abraham
Published: 1648
 
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