The Non-Euclidean Revolution

by Richard J. Trudeau

Book Overview

Richard Trudeau confronts the fundamental question of truth and its representation through mathematical models in The Non-Euclidean Revolution. First, the author analyzes geometry in its historical and philosophical setting; second, he examines a revolution every bit as significant as the Copernican revolution in astronomy and the Darwinian revolution in biology; third, on the most speculative level, he questions the possibility of absolute knowledge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817647821
• ISBN13: 9780817647827
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 6.1"