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~ David Hilbert (Author) "DEFINITION. Consider three distinct sets of objects..." (more)
Key Phrases: triangle congruence axiom, base angle theorem, segment arithmetic, Pascal's Theorem, Archimedean Axiom, Axiom Group (more...)
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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the text that can both be accessed online and used to create new print copies. This book and thousands of others can be found in the digital collections of the University of Michigan Library. The University Library also understands and values the utility of print, and makes reprints available through its Scholarly Publishing Office. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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  • Paperback: 226 pages
  • Publisher: Open Court; 2 edition (January 22, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0875481647
  • ISBN-13: 978-0875481647
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,387,872 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful work --- Miserable Translation, April 29, 2002
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David Hilbert's "Grundlagen der Geometrie" is a work of great significance for anyone interested in mathematical foundationalism, the history of geometry, and intellectual history and philosophy in general. Sadly, however, the translation of this edition is extremely poor --- not simply akward, or rough, but careless to the point of making the text unreadable. If I did not have access to the German original, I would have long ago given up on making sense of the translation. In Theorem 7, for example, it speaks of "points which are not on the plane alpha." The German is extremely ambiguous, but mathematically it only makes sense if you interpret the sentence as referring to the "line a." On page 31, the translator commits the unpardonable error of mistaking "nun" (now) for "nur" (only). At the end of theorem 34, and entire equation was left out, and the meaning of the sentence completely bungled. Most extraordinary is Theorem 35, where what should be translated as "It follows from Theorem 22 that the sum of two angles of a triangle is less than two right angles" becomes "the sum of the angles of a triangle is less than two right triangles." In the very next sentence, "mithin" is interpreted as "hence," implying a direct logical entailment where there is none. It should have been rendered simply as "of course." Finally, in the next paragraph, it reads "where epsilon denotes any angles." The German has "irgendeinen Winkel" --- unambiguously singular.

Given the tremendous importance of Hilbert's Foundations, it is quite sad that there is not a quality translation available.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Available for Free, January 31, 2006
This historic book is available for free from Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org. Search for Geometry. This book is one of a few books available. This is the complete Open Court text. It is available both as a pdf file and a TeX file.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buy the Open Court edition - a better translation into English, February 8, 2008
For the best translation into English (not Townshend's translation) see Hilbert's "Foundations of Geometry" as extended by Paul Bernays, Open Court Publishing Co, second edition in English, 1971. (This should be a translation of the 10th and final edition in German by Bernays, which dates from 1968.) Bernays was Hilbert's assistant at Göttingen beginning in 1917 and his co-author of "Grundlagen der Mathematik" (1934-39).
Hardcover ISBN: 0875481639
Paperback ISBN: 0875481647
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