Richard J. Trudeau : The Non-Euclidean Revolution

Harvinainen ja arvostettu kovakantinen painos Richard J. Trudeaun teoksesta "The Non-Euclidean Revolution". Tämä kirja on tunnettu selkeästä esityksestään epäeuklidisen geometrian historiasta ja perusteista. Sopii hyvin opiskelijoille, opettajille ja kaikille matematiikan historiasta kiinnostuneille.

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269 sivua
Birkhäuser 1987

How unique and definitive is Euclidean geometry in describing the "real" space in which we live?

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 of the book won the Pólya Prize, a distinguished award from the Mathematical Association of America.