%0 Journal Article %T Linear spaces: history and theory %A Albrecht Beutelspracher %J Le Matematiche %D 1990 %I University of Catania %X Linear spaces belong to the most fundamental geometric and combinatorial structures. In this paper I would like to give an onerview about the theory of embedding finite linear spaces in finite projective planes. %U http://www.dmi.unict.it/ojs/index.php/lematematiche/article/view/657