Worlds Out of Nothing: A Course in the History of Geometry in the 19th Century

by Jeremy Gray

Based on the latest historical research, Worlds Out of Nothing is the first book to provide a course on the history of geometry in the 19th century. Topics covered in the first part of the book are projective geometry, especially the concept of duality, and non-Euclidean geometry. The book then moves on to the study of the singular points of algebraic curves (Pl?cker's equations) and their role in resolving a paradox in the theory of duality; to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857290592
• ISBN13: 9780857290595
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"