The elements of non-Euclidean geometry
Series: Michigan Historical Reprint Series
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9781418181987
Subjects: Mathematics / General
First sentence: Geometry, according to Herodotus, and the Greek derivation of the word, had its origin in Egypt in the mensuration of land, and the fixing of boundaries necessitated by the repeated inundations of the Nile.