Secondary literature about Georg Mohr
Secondary literature
- Andersen, Kirsti:
An Impression of Mathematics in Denmark in the Period
1600-1800. Centaurus 24 (1980), pp. 316-334.
- Article in English, which includes a short discussion of Mohr's work.
- Andersen, Kirsti & Bang, Thøger: Matematik
[Mathematics]. Københavns Universitet 1479-1979. Bind XII: Det
matematisk-naturvidenskabelige Fakultet, 1. del. Redigeret af
Mogens Pihl m.fl. G. E. C. Gads Forlag, København 1983, pp.
113-199.
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This article in Danish describes mathematics at the University of
Copenhagen during the 500 years until 1979. On pp. 133-137
Mohr and his works are discussed.
- Andersen, Kirsti and Meyer, Henrik:
Georg Mohr's three books and the 'Gegenübung auf Compendium Euclidis
Curiosi'. Centaurus 28 (1985), pp. 139-44.
- Hallerberg, Arthur E.: The Development of the
Geometry of the Fixed-Compass with special Attention to the
Contributions of Georg Mohr. Dissertation, University of
Michigan 1957. 258 pp.
- Dissertation in English.
- Hallerberg, Arthur E.: The Geometry of the Fixed-Compass.
The Mathematical Teacher 52 (1959), pp. 230-44.
- Article in English.
- Hallerberg, Arthur E.: Georg Mohr and Euclidis Curiosi.
The Mathematical Teacher 53 (1960), pp. 127-32.
- Article in English.
- Hjelmslev, J.: Om et af den danske matematiker Georg
Mohr udgivet skrift Euclides Danicus, udkommet i
Amsterdam i 1672 [Of a memoir Euclides
Danicus published by the Danish mathematician Georg Mohr in
1672 in Amsterdam]. Matematisk Tidsskrift B (1928), pp. 1-7.
- Article in Danish. It describes how the
Euclides Danicus was discovered.
- Hjelmslev, J.: Beiträge zur Lebenabschreibung von Georg
Mohr (1640-1697). Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs
Skrifter, Mathematisk-fysiske Meddelelser, No. 4, 11
(1931), 23 pp.
- Article in German giving biographical details
of Mohr.
- Hjelmslev, J.: Konstruktion med Passer med fast
Indstilling uden Brug af Lineal.
Matematisk Tidsskrift A (1938), pp. 77-85.
- Article in Danish in response to Schogt's
article. Then it was not known Mohr was the author of Euclides
Curiosi.
- Meyer, Henrik: Om Georg Mohr og Euclides Curiosus
[On Georg Mohr and Euclides Curiosus]. Normat 31 (1983),
pp. 1-10.
- Article in Danish.
- Meyer, Henrik: Om Georg Mohrs tre bøger og 'Gegenübung'.
[On Georg Mohr's three books and 'Gegenübung']. Normat 35
(1987), pp. 104-109.
- Article in Danish.
- Mohr, Georg: Compendium Euclides Curiosi: Dat is, Meetkonstigh
Passer-werck etc.
Amsterdam 1673. Compendium Euclides Curiosi: or geometrical operations.
Translated by Joseph Moxon, London 1677. Introduction by Henrik
Meyer. Acta historica scientiarum naturalium et medicinalium,
Volume 34. Published by The Georg Mohr Foundation 1982. xiii + 24 + 2 + 26
+ 2 pp.
- This book contains a fascimile of the Dutch and
English editions of Mohr's Euclides Curiosi with an introduction
in English which briefly makes a summary of the knowledge of Mohr
and his works, including a list of references, which contains most
of the works below.
- Schogt, J. H.: Om Georg Mohr's Euclides Danicus.
Matematisk Tidsskrift A (1938), pp. 34-36.
- Article in Danish which describes Schogt's
discovery of the anonymous Euclides Curiosi in Amsterdam.
Encyclopedia articles
- Taisbak, C. M.: Mohr, Georg. Dansk
biografisk leksikon, Volume 9, 3rd edition, København 1979, pp.
605-606.
- Article in Danish.
- Seidenberg, A.: Mohr, Georg. Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Volume IX, Charles Scribner's Sons, New
York 1974, pp. 446-447.
Articles on the World Wide Web
- A
short biography of Mohr at the MacTutor History of Mathematics
Archive, St. Andrews, Scotland.
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