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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trudeau, Richard J.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Birkhäuser, [2008]
Series:Modern Birkhäuser classics.
Subjects:
Geometry, Non-Euclidean.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • First Things
  • Euclidean Geometry
  • Geometry and the Diamond Theory of Truth
  • The Problem With Postulate 5
  • The Possibility of Non-Euclidean Geometry
  • Hyperbolic Geometry
  • Consistency
  • Geometry and the Story Theory of Truth.