Non-Euclidean Revolution

Name: Non-Euclidean Revolution
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ISBN: 9780817642372

ISBN-10: 0817642374

ISBN-13: 9780817642372

Edition: 2001

Authors: Richard J. Trudeau

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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 of the world.Trudeau writes in a lively, entertaining, and highly accessible style. His book provides one of the most stimulating and personal presentations of a struggle with the nature of truth in mathematics and the physical world.A portion…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Birkhï¿½user Boston
Publication date: 4/20/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

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