Euclid's Window
Douban
ISBN: 9780141009094
Autore:
Leonard Modinow
Casa editrice:
Penguin Books, Limited (UK)
data di pubblicazione: 2007
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Prezzo: USD 22.00
Numero di pagine: 320
From Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Leonard Modinow
Sinossi
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.