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for <david.boeno@wanadoo.fr>; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 22:35:40 +0930
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 1998 22:32:59 +0930
From: Bob Allanson <allanson@maxisp.com.au>
Subject: Re: figures of Euclid's Elements
daniel Boeno wrote:
> Cher Monsieur,
> I am an artist working on the Figures of Euclid's Elements.
> First I was interested by theses figures in the manuscripts :
> I was allowed to consult in BibliothËque Nationale de France,
in Vatican
> Library, Leiden, Columbia University and so on...
> Now my feeling is that this tradition you can SEE on the manuscripts,
> coming from Greek through Arabic, Hebrew, Latin ... starting
> again at Renaissance, is reborn with this new kind of humanist media:
> www.
> For my next art shows I would like to present some images of Euclidean
> manuscripts with links to your pages.
I would be delighted if you used my pages.
> Anyway, any commentary or suggestion from you will be appreciated.
What a wonderful idea. I think geometers are amongst
the highest of the
sciences and true heirs to the ancients.I always try
to emphasize geometric
rather than algebraic aspects of any system I study as
I think that the
human brain is better suited to visual things like geometry
than algebra. If
one can come up with a geometric understanding
of a system it is more
aesthetic and easier to remember.
> Of course, the copyright of your web pages will appear,
I would prefer if no copy write was associated with my pages but if
you have
to you may.
The only problem I can see is that my pages change slowly. If
you need a
completely stable copy you will either need to mirror locally or tell
me not
to make changes (I would be willing )
I usually answer my mail on Sunday Evenings.
--
Bob Allanson
Phone (08)82936397
Home Page http://www.maxisp.com.au/~allanson/
5 Turner Ave.,
Plympton,
South Australia 5038