Geometry Through History: Euclidean, Hyperbolic, and Projective Geometries

by Meighan I. Dillon

Book Overview

Presented as an engaging discourse, this textbook invites readers to delve into the historical origins and uses of geometry. The narrative traces the influence of Euclid's system of geometry, as developed in his classic text The Elements, through the Arabic period, the modern era in the West, and up to twentieth century mathematics. Axioms and proof methods used by mathematicians from those periods are explored alongside the problems in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030089231
• ISBN13: 9783030089238
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.0" x 9.3"