24 x 16 cm, hardcover with dust jacket, xii, 224 pages, Text in English, very good condition, see picture. Historical study tracing the development of geometric concepts from Euclid to Einstein. Examines mathematical, philosophical, and physical views of space in their historical context. 580g.

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Title

Ideas of Space. Euclidean, Non-Euclidean, and Relativistic.

Publisher

Clarendon Press, Oxford

Publication Date

1979

Language

English

ISBN 10

0198533527

ISBN 13

9780198533528

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Charts

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

Weight

580 grams

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Account of the development of Euclidean, non-Euclidean and relativistic ideas of the shape of the universe. Jeremy Gray reviews the history of geometry from classical times and shows how it led to the formulation of Einstein's theories of special and general relativity which form the basis of our concept of the universe.

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