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Measuring space is crucial to our process of knowledge. Archimedes is a pioneer of geometry, in its most literal sense as the "measurement of the earth." He was the first to measure curved bodies in space and to calculate the surface area and the volume of the sphere. His method was brilliant, and it influenced all the great protagonists of modern science. From Galileo, who would revisit his proofs with a new sensitivity; to Gauss, who extended his calculations with astonishing consequences; to Einstein, who discovered one of the most famous equations in the history of Science, the Field Equation. An expression that can be thought of as the contemporary version of Archimedes' formula. The book is addressed to anyone interested in exploring reality with the help of a measure.
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測量空間對於我們獲取知識的過程至關重要。Archimedes 是幾何學的先驅；從字面意義來看，幾何學就是「測量地球」。他是第一位測量空間中曲面物體，並計算球體表面積與體積的人。他的方法極為精妙，並影響了現代科學史上所有偉大的先驅：從以全新視角重新探討其證明的 Galileo，到以驚人結果拓展其計算的 Gauss，再到發現科學史上最著名方程式之一——場方程式（Field Equation）的 Einstein。這個方程式可以被視為 Archimedes 公式在當代的版本。本書適合所有有興趣借助測量來探索現實的人。
作者簡介
Professor of Geometry at the University of Trento, he is a scholar in the field of Projective Algebraic Geometry. Currently Director of the International Center for Mathematical Research (CIRM) in Trento. He has been a visiting professor at many international research centers, including the Max Planck Institute (Bonn, DE), the Newton Institute for Math. (Cambridge, UK), and the Math.Sc. Research Institute (Berkley, US). He is the President of the Italian Mathematical Society (UMI). Since several years, he is working in the field of scientific popularization, writing historical and popular books (among these, the present one, "Archimedes, the Art of Measurement" and "The Shape of Everything, the Alphabet of Geometry" - Springer ). He was President of MUSE, the science museum designed by Renzo Piano, during its creation and for eight years. He is member of the Academy of Science in Torino, of Agiati in Rovereto and of Pericolanti in Messina.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
他是 Trento 大學的幾何學教授，專長為射影代數幾何（Projective Algebraic Geometry）。目前擔任位於 Trento 的 International Center for Mathematical Research（CIRM）主任。他曾任教於許多國際研究中心的客座教授，包括 Max Planck Institute（德國 Bonn）、Newton Institute for Math.（英國 Cambridge）以及 Math.Sc. Research Institute（美國 Berkeley）。他是 Italian Mathematical Society（UMI）主席。
多年來，他一直致力於科學普及工作，撰寫歷史與科普書籍，其中包括本書、《Archimedes, the Art of Measurement》以及《The Shape of Everything, the Alphabet of Geometry》（Springer）。在由 Renzo Piano 設計的科學博物館 MUSE 創建期間及其後八年間，他擔任 MUSE 主席。他是 Torino Academy of Science、Rovereto 的 Agiati 以及 Messina 的 Pericolanti 會員。
