The non-Euclidean revolution /
How unique and definitive is Euclidean geometry in describing the "real" space in which we live? Richard Trudeau confronts the fundamental question of truth and its representation through mathematical models in The Non-Euclidean Revolution. First, the author analyzes geometry in its histor...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Birkhäuser,
[2001]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | How unique and definitive is Euclidean geometry in describing the "real" space in which we live? Richard Trudeau confronts the fundamental question of truth and its representation through mathematical models in The Non-Euclidean Revolution. First, the author analyzes geometry in its historical and philosophical setting; second, he examines a revolution every bit as significant as the Copernican revolution in astronomy and the Darwinian revolution in biology; third, on the most speculative level, he questions the possibility of absolute knowledge of the world. Trudeau writes in a lively, entertaining, and highly accessible style. His book provides one of the most stimulating and personal presentations of a struggle with the nature of truth in mathematics and the physical world. A portion of the book won the Plya Prize, a distinguished award from the Mathematical Association of America. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 269 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781461221029 (electronic bk.) 1461221021 (electronic bk.) |