Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Mlodinow, Leonard
ISBN 10: 0684865238 ISBN 13: 9780684865232
Published by Simon & Schuster Australia, 2001
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The history of geometry in relation to "space" discusses the contributions of Pythagoras, the advent of Albert Einstein's "fourth dimension," and the discovery of seven more dimensions by Princeton mathematician Edward Witten.
About the Author: Leonard Mlodinow, Ph.D., was a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology before moving to Hollywood to become a writer for numerous television shows ranging from Star Trek: The Next Generation to Night Court. He has also developed many bestselling and award-winning educational CD-ROMs, and delivered technical and general lectures in ten countries. He is currently Vice President, Emerging Technologies and R&D, at Scholastic Inc. He lives in New York City.
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Publisher: Simon & Schuster Australia
Publication Date: 2001
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Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Published by
Simon & Schuster Australia, 2001
ISBN 10: 0684865238
ISBN 13: 9780684865232
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Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Published by
Simon & Schuster Australia, 2001
ISBN 10: 0684865238
ISBN 13: 9780684865232
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EUCLID'S WINDOW: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
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ISBN 10: 0684865238
ISBN 13: 9780684865232
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ISBN 13: 9780684865232
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2001, 1st Edition 1st impression. Near Fine book in Very Good dustjacket. Book has a small neat owner's name sticker inside front board, and neatly handwritten purchase date, else fine. No other inscriptions or markings, book is unread. DJ is not price clipped ($26), has very light edgewear generally, and wrinkling/creasing to upper front edge with a small chip. Book has a few loose items laid in, contemporary newspaper articles, from the previous owner, a physics scholar. Seller Inventory # 205345
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Printing of the First Edition. New York: The Free Press, 2001. A very attractive copy of the hardcover First Edition. Fine condition in Fine dust jacket. Tough-to-find in collectible condition as nice as this. Clean, square, tight, unmarked copy. Sharp corners. Not a book club edition. Not price clipped ($26.00). No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Only a few illustrations. Mathematics history. List of chapter notes/references. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "Mlodinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through the five revolutions in geometry, from the the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace EUCLID'S WINDOW is good-humored storytelling that makes a stunningly original argument asserting the primacy of geometry.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 306pp. Seller Inventory # 013584