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Ideas of Space - Euclidean, Non-Euclidean, and Relativistic (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition) Loot Price: R2,824
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Ideas of Space - Euclidean, Non-Euclidean, and Relativistic (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Jeremy Gray

Ideas of Space - Euclidean, Non-Euclidean, and Relativistic (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

Jeremy Gray

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The history of the development of Euclidean, non-Euclidean, and relativistic ideas of the shape of the universe, is presented in this lively account by Jeremy Gray. The parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry occupies a unique position in the history of mathematics. In this book, Jeremy Gray reviews the failure of classical attempts to prove the postulate and then proceeds to show how the work of Gauss, Lobachevskii, and Bolyai, laid the foundations of modern differential geometry, by constructing geometries in which the parallel postulate fails. These investigations in turn enabled the formulation of Einstein's theories of special and general relativity, which today form the basis of our conception of the universe. The author has made every attempt to keep the pre-requisites to a bare minimum. This immensely readable account, contains historical and mathematical material which make it suitable for undergraduate students in the history of science and mathematics. For the second edition, the author has taken the opportunity to update much of the material, and to add a chapter on the emerging story of the Arabic contribution to this fascinating aspect of the history of mathematics.

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Imprint: Clarendon Press
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: August 1989
First published: August 1989
Authors: Jeremy Gray (Senior Lecturer in Mathematics)
Dimensions: 241 x 159 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 254
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-853935-3
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > General
Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Topology > General
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LSN: 0-19-853935-5
Barcode: 9780198539353

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