Geometry: Euclid and Beyond

by Robin Hartshorne

Book Overview

Preliminary Booksellers Text: Do Not Use This book takes Euclid's "Elements" ad the starting point for a study of geometry from a modern mathematical perspective. To begin, the reader will become familiar with the content of Euclid's work, at least those parts which deal with geometry. At a second level, the book studies the logical structure of Euclid's presentation. Euclid's "Elements" has been regarded for more than two thousand years as the prime...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441931457
• ISBN13: 9781441931450
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.7"