Geometry civilized : history, culture, and technique /
"This lavishly illustrated book provides an unusually accessible approach to geometry by placing it in historical context. With concise discussions and carefully chosen illustrations the author brings the material to life by showing what problems motivated early geometers throughout the world....
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Clarendon Press ;
2000.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2000. |
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| Summary: | "This lavishly illustrated book provides an unusually accessible approach to geometry by placing it in historical context. With concise discussions and carefully chosen illustrations the author brings the material to life by showing what problems motivated early geometers throughout the world. Geometry Civilized covers classical plane geometry, emphasizing the methods of Euclid but also drawing on advances made in China and India. It includes a wide range of problems, solutions, and illustrations, as well as a chapter on trigonometry, and prepares its readers for the study of solid geometry and conic sections."--Publisher |
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| Item Description: | "Reprinted new as paperback (with corrections) 2000"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | viii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-304) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198500785 9780198500780 0198506902 9780198506904 |