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516.0028551 BER Computational geometry : algorithms and applications | 516.0076 BRA Challenges in geometry : for mathematical Olympians past and present | 516.0076 GUT Lines and curves : a practical geometry handbook | 516.009 ACH Wonder book of geometry : a mathematical story | 516.009 MAO Beautiful Geometry | 516.009 OST Geometry by its history | 516.0092 ROB King of infinite space : Donald Coxeter, the man who saved geometry |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How can we be sure that Pythagoras's theorem is really true? Why is the 'angle in a semicircle' always 90 degrees? And how can tangents help determine the speed of a bullet? David Acheson takes the reader on a highly illustrated tour through the history of geometry, from ancient Greece to the present day. He emphasizes throughout elegant deduction and practical applications, and argues that geometry can offer the quickest route to the whole spirit of mathematics at its best. Along the way, we encounter the quirky and the unexpected, meet the great personalities involved, and uncover some of the loveliest surprises in mathematics.
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