Buch, Englisch, 750 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1303 g
Buch, Englisch, 750 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1303 g
ISBN: 978-3-030-13608-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Geometrie Nicht-Euklidische Geometrie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematische Analysis Funktionentheorie, Komplexe Analysis
- Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Topologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Foreword.- Table of contents.- Intro.- Chapter 1. Plato on Geometry and the geometers.- Chapter 2. Topology and biology: From Aristotle to Thom.- Appendix to the article Topology and biology: From Aristotle to Thom.- Chapter 3. Time and periodicity from Ptolemy to Schrodinger: Paradigm shifts in history of mathematics.- Chapter 4. Convexity in Greek antiquity.- Chapter 5. On the concept of curve: Geometry and algebra, from mathematical modernity to mathematical modernism.- Chapter 6. From Euclid to Riemann and Beyond: How to describe the shape of the universe.- Chapter 7. A path in history, from curvature to convexity.- Chapter 8. The axiomatic destiny of the theorems of Pappus and Desargues.- Chapter 9. Projective conguration theorems: Old wine into new wineskins. - Chapter 10. Poincare's geometric worldview and philosophy.- Chapter 11. Perturbing a planar rotation: Normal hyperbolicity and angular twist.- Chapter 12. Rene Thom and an anticipated h-principle.- Chapter 13. Rigid and exible facets of symplectic topology.- Chapter 14. Flat ane, projective and conformal structures on manifolds: A historical perspective.- Chapter 15. Basic aspects of dierential geometry.- Chapter 16. The global study of Riemannian-Finsler geometry.- Chapter 17. The Poincare conjecture and related statements.- Chapter 18. A glimpse into the problems of the fourth dimension.- Chapter 19. Memories from my former life: The making of a mathematician.