A Long Way From Euclid

By Constance Bowman Reid

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1015909035
• ISBN13: 9781015909038
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Constance Reid: the best non-fiction writer ever!

It was very hard to get a copy of this book, and it cost me a ton of money. I do not regret this purchase in the least. If you have any interest in math (or if you don't you should read it and maybe you'll become interested) this book is incredible. I have reread it at least 10 times. It tries for nothing less than a story of the major advances in geometry from the greeks to the present. It is now a little out of date, (it says that Fermat's theorem is unproven) Constance Reid is such a good writer, that it does not matter. You should without a doubt try to get a copy of this book. Chapters 7, 9, 12 are exceptional.