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Flattening the Earth
Cartographers have long grappled with the impossibility of portraying the earth in two dimensions. To solve this problem, mapmakers have created map projections. This work discusses and illustrates the known map projections from before 500BC to the present, with facts on their origins and use.
Cartographic Science
Geographic books routinely introduce map projections without providing mathematical explanations of projections and few delve into complex mathematical development or cover the breadth of projections. From basic projecting to advanced transformations, Cartographic Science: A Compendium of Map Projections, with Derivations is a comprehensive reference that offers an explanation of the science of cartography. The book is a compilation of more than a hundred map projections, from classic conics to contemporary transformations using complex variables. Starting from widely described geometric projecting onto flat paper, cylinder, and cone and then progressing through several layers of mathematics...
La Patria
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Cerimonie di laurea nella Roma barocca
L’apparato scenico e organizzativo delle feste di laurea nella Roma del XVII secolo, fino ad oggi rimasto nell’ombra, riemerge dai documenti che descrivono l’aspetto aristocraticamente intellettuale della cerimonia. I frontespizi delle tesi di laurea disegnati e incisi dai più importanti artisti del tempo, fra cui spicca Pietro da Cortona, e i suoi collaboratori italiani e stranieri, danno lo spunto per illustrare filologicamente – attraverso simboli, allegorie, metafore, passaggi analogico-traspositivi, metamorfosi – il pensiero della filosofia ermetica con richiamo diretto ai procedimenti alchemici finalizzati al conseguimento della virtù. Attingendo ad antiche fonti del pensie...
