Geometry Civilized: History, Culture, and Technique

by J.L. Heilbron

Book Overview

This lavishly illustrated book provides an unusually accessible approach to geometry by placing it in historical context. With concise discussions and carefully chosen illustrations the author brings the material to life by showing what problems motivated early geometers throughout the world. Geometry Civilized covers classical plane geometry, emphasizing the methods of Euclid but also drawing on advances made in China and India. It includes a wide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198500785
• ISBN13: 9780198500780
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.7"