The King of Infinite Space
Euclid and His Elements
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2014
Summary
For more than two thousand years, geometry has been equated with Euclid’s Elements , the world’s first mathematical treatise. The system of shapes and space it describes is at once so powerful and so natural that it has intrigued men and women for centuries, and continues to be taught in classrooms around the world. In The King of Infinite Space , David Berlinski pays homage to Euclid and the vision that he created, showing how Euclid has achieved a hold on our imagination for reasons that …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465065714 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0465065716 |
| Author: | David Berlinski |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Imprint: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 139mm x 13mm |
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About The Author
David Berlinski
David Berlinski holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University and has taught mathematics and philosophy at universities in the United States and in France. He is the bestselling author of such books as A Tour of the Calculus, The Advent of the Algorithm, and Newton’s Gift. A senior fellow at the Discovery Institute in Seattle and a former fellow at the Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and the Institut des Hautes tudes Scientifiques, Berlinski writes frequently for Commentary, among other journals.
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