Euclid's Window: The Story Of Geometry From Parallel Lines To Hyperspace by Leonard Mlodinow

In Euclid's Window , Leonard Mlondinow takes us on a brilliantly entertaining journey through 3,000 years of genius and geometry, introducing the people who revolutionized the way we see the world around us. Ever since Pythagoras hatched a 'little scheme' to invent a set of rules describing the entire universe, scientists and mathematicians have tried to seek order in the cosmos: Euclid, who in 300BC defined the nature of space; Descartes, a fourteenth-century gambler and idler who invented the graph; Gauss, the fifteen-year-old genius who discovered that space is curved; Einstein, who added time to the equation; and Witten, who ushered in today's weird new world of extra, twisted dimensions. They all show how geometry is the key to understanding the universe. This 2002 Penguin Paperback is in good condition. Ex School Library but good condition.

ISBN: 9780141009094 SKU: 1581486 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book.

SKU: 1581486
Location: Science