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" Geometry : "
John Tabak
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BL
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636571
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Tabak, John
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| Title & Author
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Geometry : : the language of space and form /\ John Tabak
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| Edition Statement
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Rev. ed
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| Series Statement
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The history of mathematics
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xix, 248 pages :: illustrations (some color),; 24 cm
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9780816079421
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: 0816079420
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| Notes
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Rev. edition of: Geometry: the language of space and form, c2004
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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Geometry before the Greeks -- Early Greek geometry -- Major mathematical works of Greek geometry -- mathematics and art during the Renaissance -- The first theorems -- Projective geometry rediscovered -- A non-Euclidean geometry -- The beginnings of analytic geometry -- Calculus and analytic geometry -- Differential geometry -- The shape of space and time -- Infinite-dimensional geometries
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Beginning with a brief description of some of the geometry that preceded the geometry of the Greeks, it takes up the story of geometry during the European Renaissance as well as the significant mathematical progress in other areas of the world. It also discusses the analytic geometry of Rene Descartes and Pierre Fermat, the alternative coordinate systems invented by Isaac Newton, and the solid geometry of Leonhard Euler. Also included is an overview of the geometry of one of the most successful mathematicians of the 19th century, Bernhard Riemann, who created both higher dimensional geometry and geometry that is intrinsic to surfaces. --from publisher description
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Geometry-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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516.009
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QA443.5.T33 2011
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Tabak, John.
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