An edition of Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace (2001)

Euclid's window

the story of geometry from parallel lines to hyperspace

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An edition of Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace (2001)

Euclid's window

the story of geometry from parallel lines to hyperspace

by

  • ★★★★ 4.3 (3 ratings)
  • 18 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

Physicist/writer Mlodinow 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 a new alternative history of math revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space have been the hidden engine of the highest achievements in science and technology. The journey goes from Pythagoras through Gauss and Einstein and into the midst of a new revolution in which scientists are recognizing that all the varied and wondrous forces of nature can be understood through geometry--a weird new geometry of extra, twisted dimensions, in which space and time, matter and energy, are all intertwined and revealed as consequences of a deep, underlying structure of the universe. This book, a blend of rigorous, authoritative investigation and accessible, good-humored storytelling, makes an original argument asserting the primacy of geometry.--From publisher description.

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Simon & Schuster
Language
English
Pages
306

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Subjects

Geometry, History, Geometry, history, Histoire, Géométrie

People

Edward Witten (1951-), René Descartes (1596-1650), Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), Euclide (0323-0285 av. J.-C)

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Cover of: Euclid's window
Euclid's window: the story of geometry from parallel lines to hyperspace
2002, Simon & Schuster
in English - 1st Touchstone ed.
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Euclid's window: the story of geometry from parallel lines to hyperspace
2002, Allen Lane
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Cover of: Euclid's window
Euclid's window: the story of geometry from parallel lines to hyperspace
2001, Simon & Schuster
in English
Cover of: Euclid's Window
Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
April 17, 2001, Free Press
Hardcover in English - 1st edition

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
516/.009
Library of Congress
QA443.5 .M56 2001, QA443.5.M56 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 306 p. :
Number of pages
306

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL22594789M
Internet Archive
euclidswindowsto00mlod_171
ISBN 10
0684865238
LCCN
00054351
OCLC/WorldCat
45621674
LibraryThing
65558
Goodreads
3099065

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL7986154W

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