Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
by Leonard Mlodinow
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages308 pages
ISBN
9780684865249
Published
2001
Description
Through Leonard Mlodinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace. Here is an altogether new, r...Through Leonard Mlodinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace. Here is an altogether new, refreshing, alternative history of math revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space -- in the living room or in some other galaxy -- have been the hidden engine of the highest achievements in science and technology.
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