Geometry: A Very Short Introduction

by Dunajski and Maciej Dunajski

The study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof - deductive reasoning from a set of axioms - first arose. To this day geometry remains a very active area of research in mathematics.

This Very Short Introduction covers the areas of mathematics falling under geometry, starting with topics such as Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, and ranging to curved spaces, projective...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199683689
• ISBN13: 9780199683680
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.4" x 7.3"