When circles don't look like circles: An optical theorem in Euclid and Pappus

DOI10.1007/BF00374758zbMath0762.01002OpenAlexW1991630008MaRDI QIDQ1205984

Wilbur R. Knorr

Publication date: 1 April 1993

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00374758

zbMATH Keywords

OpticsPappusperspective system

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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On the Principle of Linear Perspective in Euclid's Optics ⋮ In memoriam: Wilbur Richard Knorr (1945-1997): an appreciation

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• Euclid's optics and its compatibility with linear perspective
• Observations on the Early History of the Conies
• On the Principle of Linear Perspective in Euclid's Optics
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