Euclid's Window

副标题: : From Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

ISBN: 9780141009094

出版社: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)

出版年: 2007-2-27

页数: 320

定价: USD 22.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

Through "Euclid's Window", Leonard Mlondinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace. This new, refreshing, alternative history of maths reveals how simple questions anyone might ask about space in the living room or in some other galaxy have been the hidden engine of science's highest achievements.