Liberty's Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226820729ISBN-10:226820726UPC:9780226820729Book Category:Science, Mathematics, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Geometry, United StatesBook Topic:AnalyticSize:9.13 x 6.14 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC6A92J1AQ
Liberty's Grid: A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America
The surprising history behind a ubiquitous facet of the United States: the gridded landscape. Seen from an airplane, much of the United States appears to be a gridded land of startling uniformity. Perpendicular streets and rectangular fields, all precisely measured and perfectly aligned, turn both urban and rural America into a checkerboard landscape that stretches from horizon to horizon. In...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226820729ISBN-10:226820726UPC:9780226820729Book Category:Science, Mathematics, HistoryBook Subcategory:History, Geometry, United StatesBook Topic:AnalyticSize:9.13 x 6.14 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC6A92J1AQ
Amir Alexander teaches history at the University of California, Los Angeles. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Nature, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. He is the author of four books, including Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World and Proof! How the World Became Geometrical.
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