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Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Leonard Mlodinow
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreGeometry
History of mathematics
History of science
ISBN/Barcode 9780141009094
ClassificationsDewey:516.009
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date 27 February 2003
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Leonard Mlodinow is the best-selling author of The Drunkard's Walk, Subliminal and Elastic, as well as a theoretical physicist who taught at Caltech and was a fellow at The Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics. He co-authored two books with Stephen Hawking- A Briefer History of Time and The Grand Design. There are over one million copies of Leonard Mlodinow's books in print.