A History of Non-Euclidean Geometry: Evolution of the Concept of a Geometric Space

by B.A. Rozenfeld

The Russian edition of this book appeared in 1976 on the hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the historic day of February 23, 1826, when LobaeevskiI delivered his famous lecture on his discovery of non-Euclidean geometry. The importance of the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry goes far beyond the limits of geometry itself. It is safe to say that it was a turning point in the history of all mathematics. The scientific revolution of the seventeenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387964584
• ISBN13: 9780387964584
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 471 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"