Beautiful Geometry (eBook)

Eugen Jost, Eli Maor (Autoren)

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2014 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-4833-1 (ISBN)

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Eli Maor is the author of To Infinity and Beyond, e: The Story of a Number, Trigonometric Delights, Venus in Transit, and The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History (all Princeton) and has taught the history of mathematics at Loyola University Chicago. Eugen Jost is a well-known Swiss artist whose work is strongly influenced by mathematics.

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An exquisite visual celebration of the 2,500-year history of geometryIf you've ever thought that mathematics and art don't mix, this stunning visual history of geometry will change your mind. As much a work of art as a book about mathematics, Beautiful Geometry presents more than sixty exquisite color plates illustrating a wide range of geometric patterns and theorems, accompanied by brief accounts of the fascinating history and people behind each. With artwork by Swiss artist Eugen Jost and text by math historian Eli Maor, this unique celebration of geometry covers numerous subjects, from straightedge-and-compass constructions to intriguing configurations involving infinity. The result is a delightful and informative illustrated tour through the 2,500-year-old history of one of the most important branches of mathematics.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.1.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 66 color illus. 64 line illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geometrie / Topologie
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: Addition • Aircraft • Amplitude • Angle trisection • Approximation • Area of a circle • arithmetic mean • Axiom • Building Material • Carl Friedrich Gauss • Ceva's theorem • circumference • Circumscribed circle • coefficient • Compass-and-straightedge construction • conjecture • Countable set • Cube root • Cycloid • DIAMETER • Divisibility rule • Eli Maor • Epicycloid • Equation • equilateral triangle • Euclidean Geometry • Euclid's elements • Euler line • exponential function • Fibonacci • Fibonacci Number • geometric mean • geometric progression • Geometric series • Geometry • Georg Cantor • Glass rod • group theory • Hyperbola • Hypocycloid • Hypotenuse • Illustration • Incircle and excircles of a triangle • Integer • Integer Factorization • Interest Rate • irrational number • Koch snowflake • Leonhard Euler • Line segment • Lissajous curve • Logarithmic spiral • mathematician • Mathematics • Natural number • Niels Henrik Abel • nine-point circle • number line • Number Theory • Parabola • Parity (mathematics) • Perfect number • Pick's theorem • Point at infinity • Potomac River • Prime number • Princeton University Press • Pure Mathematics • Pythagorean Theorem • Pythagorean triple • Quadratic equation • Quadratic formula • Quantity • Rational number • rectangle • Reflection Symmetry • regular polygon • Repunit • Reuleaux triangle • Right angle • Right triangle • Series (mathematics) • set theory • Sierpinski triangle • Significant figures • square root • Square Root of 2 • Star polygon • Steiner chain • straightedge • subtraction • Summation • Symmetry operation • Tangent • Thales' theorem • Theorem • Triple product • Twin prime • Vibration • year
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-4833-4 / 1400848334
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-4833-1 / 9781400848331