Euclid's Window
Douban
ISBN: 9780141009094
écrit par:
Leonard Modinow
édition:
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
date de publication: 2007
-2
prix: USD 22.00
nombre de pages: 320
From Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Leonard Modinow
résumé
Through "Euclid's Window", Leonard Mlondinow 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. This new, refreshing, alternative history of maths reveals how simple questions anyone might ask about space in the living room or in some other galaxy have been the hidden engine of science's highest achievements.