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The Wonder Book of Geometry: A Mathematical Story

The Wonder Book of Geometry: A Mathematical Story - Hardcover

by David Acheson
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Availability:In StockContributor:David AchesonPublish date:2021-01-02Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198846383ISBN-10:019884638XUPC:9780198846383Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:Geometry, History & PhilosophyBook Topic:Algebraic, AnalyticSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCE7789M81
How can we be sure that Pythagoras's theorem is really true? Why is the 'angle in a semicircle' always 90 degrees? And how can tangents help determine the speed of a bullet?

David Acheson takes the reader on a highly illustrated tour through the history of geometry, from ancient Greece to the present day. He emphasizes throughout elegant deduction and practical applications, and argues that geometry can offer the quickest route to the whole spirit of mathematics at its best. Along the way, we encounter the quirky and the unexpected, meet the great personalities involved, and uncover some of the loveliest surprises in mathematics.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780198846383ISBN-10:019884638XUPC:9780198846383Book Category:MathematicsBook Subcategory:Geometry, History & PhilosophyBook Topic:Algebraic, AnalyticSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCE7789M81
David Acheson is an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and the University's first winner of a National Teaching Fellowship, in 2004. He was President of the Mathematical Association from 2010 to 2011, and now lectures widely on mathematics to young people and the general public. In 2013, Acheson was awarded an Honorary D.Sc. by the University of East Anglia for his outstanding work in the popularisation of mathematics. His books include 1089 and All That (OUP, 2002), and The Calculus Story, (OUP, 2017).
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