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Euclid's Window: From Parallel Lines to Hyperspace - Leonard Mlodinow, Leonard Modinow
Euclid's Window: From Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
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In "Euclid's Window", Leonard Mlondinow takes us on a brilliantly entertaining journey through 3,000 years of genius and geometry, introducing the people who revolutionized the way we see the world around us. Ever since Pythagoras hatched a 'little scheme' to invent a set of rules describing the... show more
In "Euclid's Window", Leonard Mlondinow takes us on a brilliantly entertaining journey through 3,000 years of genius and geometry, introducing the people who revolutionized the way we see the world around us. Ever since Pythagoras hatched a 'little scheme' to invent a set of rules describing the entire universe, scientists and mathematicians have tried to seek order in the cosmos: Euclid, who in 300BC defined the nature of space; Descartes, a fourteenth-century gambler and idler who invented the graph; Gauss, the fifteen-year-old genius who discovered that space is curved; Einstein, who added time to the equation; and Witten, who ushered in today's weird new world of extra, twisted dimensions. They all show how geometry is the key to understanding the universe. Once you have viewed life through "Euclid's Window", it will never be the same again..."Elegant, attractive and concise ...also very readable. Buy it". (Ian Stewart, "New Scientist"). "This is an exhilarating book ...an important book ...and finally, a lovely book, one that reflects the radiance of its subject". (David Berlinski). "Reader-friendly, high-spirited, splendidly lucid and often hilarious". ("Washington Post"). "Mlodinow has a talent for lively and clear exposition...Pythagoras' proof has lost none of its capacity to astonish and delight". (Edward Skidelsky, "Daily Telegraph"). Leonard Mlodinow was a member of the faculty of the Californian Institute of Technology before moving to Hollywood to become a writer for television. He has developed many best selling and award-winning CD-ROMs and is currently Vice President, Emerging Technologies and R&D at Scholastic Inc. He lives in New York City. His other books include "The Drunkard's Walk" and "Subliminal".
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780141009094 (0141009098)
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
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otakumom
otakumom rated it
I'm giving up for now as this book isn't what I had in mind or need right now. I did pick it up from the library on a whim hoping it would be a more in-depth historical account of Euclidean geometry. Each chapter is very short and follows a general chronology but the voice is very conversational p...
Bills Books
Bills Books rated it
4.0 Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
I was very plesantly surprised when I picked this book up at a small independent shop of Drury Circle in DC about 6 years ago. I thought it would be interesting but I didn't expect it to also be so entertaining. Mlodinow does a remarkable job considering the subject matter is the history of Geomet...
Bills Books
Bills Books rated it
4.0 Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
I was very plesantly surprised when I picked this book up at a small independent shop of Drury Circle in DC about 6 years ago. I thought it would be interesting but I didn't expect it to also be so entertaining. Mlodinow does a remarkable job considering the subject matter is the history of Geomet...
Bills Books
Bills Books rated it
4.0 Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
I was very plesantly surprised when I picked this book up at a small independent shop of Drury Circle in DC about 6 years ago. I thought it would be interesting but I didn't expect it to also be so entertaining. Mlodinow does a remarkable job considering the subject matter is the history of Geomet...
joannajoanna
joannajoanna rated it
4.0 Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
I was very plesantly surprised when I picked this book up at a small independent shop of Drury Circle in DC about 6 years ago. I thought it would be interesting but I didn't expect it to also be so entertaining. Mlodinow does a remarkable job considering the subject matter is the history of Geomet...
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