E-Book, Englisch, 270 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Mathematics and Statistics
Trudeau The Non-Euclidean Revolution
1986
ISBN: 978-0-8176-4783-4
Verlag: Birkhäuser Boston
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 270 Seiten, eBook
Reihe: Mathematics and Statistics
ISBN: 978-0-8176-4783-4
Verlag: Birkhäuser Boston
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
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. A portion of the book won the Pólya Prize, a distinguished award from the Mathematical Association of America.
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Weitere Infos & Material
First Things.- Euclidean Geometry.- Geometry and the Diamond Theory of Truth.- The Problem With Postulate 5.- The Possibility of Non-Euclidean Geometry.- Hyperbolic Geometry.- Consistency.- Geometry and the Story Theory of Truth.




