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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387986502
• ISBN13: 9780387986500
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.2"