Euclid and His Rivals

Klappentext Euclid and His Modern Rivals! while humorously executed! is deeply serious in its convictions surrounding Euclid's teachings of elementary geometry. Zusammenfassung Euclid and His Modern Rivals is a humorously constructed! yet deeply convincing testament to the Greek mathematician's teachings of elementary geometry. Published in 1879! it appeared in the form of an intentionally unscientific dramatic comedy - Charles Dodgson's attempt to entertain his audience beyond the confining realm of mathematics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Preliminaries to examination of modern rivals; 2. Manuals which reject Euclid's treatment of parallels; 3. Manuals which adopt Euclid's treatment of parallels; 4. Manual of Euclid; Appendices.

Table des matières

1. Preliminaries to examination of modern rivals; 2. Manuals which reject Euclid's treatment of parallels; 3. Manuals which adopt Euclid's treatment of parallels; 4. Manual of Euclid; Appendices.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Dodgson Charles L., Charles L. Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
• Edition: External catalogues UK
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 21.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108001007
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00100-7
• Thème: Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, Mathematics