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

Leonard Mlodinow
3.89/5 (1850 ratings)
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Through Euclid's Window Leonard Mlodinow 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. Here is an altogether new, refreshing, alternative history of math revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space -- in the living room or in some other galaxy -- have been the hidden engine of the highest achievements in science and technology.
Based on Mlodinow's extensive historical research; his studies alongside colleagues such as Richard Feynman and Kip Thorne; and interviews with leading physicists and mathematicians such as Murray Gell-Mann, Edward Witten, and Brian Greene, Euclid's Window is an extraordinary blend of rigorous, authoritative investigation and accessible, good-humored storytelling that makes a stunningly original argument asserting the primacy of geometry. For those who have looked through Euclid's Window, no space, no thing, and no time will ever be quite the same.
Format:
Pages:
308 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
The Free Press
Edition:
Reprint
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0684865246
ISBN13:
9780684865249
kindle Asin:
B0044R96PK

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

Leonard Mlodinow
3.89/5 (1850 ratings)
Read Download
Through Euclid's Window Leonard Mlodinow 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. Here is an altogether new, refreshing, alternative history of math revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space -- in the living room or in some other galaxy -- have been the hidden engine of the highest achievements in science and technology.
Based on Mlodinow's extensive historical research; his studies alongside colleagues such as Richard Feynman and Kip Thorne; and interviews with leading physicists and mathematicians such as Murray Gell-Mann, Edward Witten, and Brian Greene, Euclid's Window is an extraordinary blend of rigorous, authoritative investigation and accessible, good-humored storytelling that makes a stunningly original argument asserting the primacy of geometry. For those who have looked through Euclid's Window, no space, no thing, and no time will ever be quite the same.
Format:
Pages:
308 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
The Free Press
Edition:
Reprint
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0684865246
ISBN13:
9780684865249
kindle Asin:
B0044R96PK

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