King of Infinite Space
Subtitle: Donald Coxeter, The Man Who Saved Geometry
Edition: First U.S. Edition
Publisher: Walker & Company
Published: September 19, 2006
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780802714992
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Mathematics; Biography / Autobiography; Science/Mathematics; Scientists - General; Mathematics / Geometry / General; Geometry - General; (Harold Scott Macdonald),; 1907-2003; Biography; Canada; Coxeter, H. S. M; Mathematicians
Description: Profiles the life and work of mathematician Donald Coxeter, discussing his efforts to prove geometry is an ever-evolving endeavor that forms the building blocks for creation.