The Non-Euclidean Revolution

By Richard J. Trudeau

Book Overview

Richard Trudeau confronts the fundamental question of truth and its representation through mathematical models in The Non-Euclidean Revolution. First, the author analyzes geometry in its historical and philosophical setting; second, he examines a revolution every bit as significant as the Copernican revolution in astronomy and the Darwinian revolution in biology; third, on the most speculative level, he questions the possibility of absolute knowledge of the world. A portion of the book won the Plya Prize, a distinguished award from the Mathematical Association of America.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817633111
• ISBN13: 9780817633110
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 6.3" x 0.8"