Author: Thomas Lund (Rector of Brindle, Chorley.)
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: T. (Thomas) Lund
Publisher:
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Category : Geometry
Languages : en
Pages :

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Author: Thomas Lund
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 104

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Author: Paul W. Hightower
Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 9780766034099
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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"A biography of ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, known as the father of geometry and author of the mathematics textbook Elements"--Provided by publisher.

Author: Euclid
Publisher:
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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"The book includes introductions, terminology and biographical notes, bibliography, and an index and glossary" --from book jacket.

Author: Lawrence Sluter Benson
Publisher:
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Category : Geometry
Languages : en
Pages : 24

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Author: Robin Hartshorne
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 0387226761
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 535

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This book offers a unique opportunity to understand the essence of one of the great thinkers of western civilization. A guided reading of Euclid's Elements leads to a critical discussion and rigorous modern treatment of Euclid's geometry and its more recent descendants, with complete proofs. Topics include the introduction of coordinates, the theory of area, history of the parallel postulate, the various non-Euclidean geometries, and the regular and semi-regular polyhedra.

Author: Hensleigh Wedgwood
Publisher:
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Category : Euclid's Elements
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Author: Ben Marsden
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822981874
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241

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Britain in the long nineteenth century developed an increasing interest in science of all kinds. Whilst poets and novelists took inspiration from technical and scientific innovations, those directly engaged in these new disciplines relied on literary techniques to communicate their discoveries to a wider audience. The essays in this collection uncover this symbiotic relationship between literature and science, at the same time bridging the disciplinary gulf between the history of science and literary studies. Specific case studies include the engineering language used by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the role of physiology in the development of the sensation novel and how mass communication made people lonely.

Author: Leonard Mlodinow
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439135371
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326

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Through Euclid's Window 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. Based on Mlodinow's extensive historical research; his studies alongside colleagues such as Richard Feynman and Kip Thorne; and interviews with leading physicists and mathematicians such as Murray Gell-Mann, Edward Witten, and Brian Greene, Euclid's Window is an extraordinary blend of rigorous, authoritative investigation and accessible, good-humored storytelling that makes a stunningly original argument asserting the primacy of geometry. For those who have looked through Euclid's Window, no space, no thing, and no time will ever be quite the same.