Geometry
Subtitle: the language of space and form
By: John Tabak
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: The history of mathematics
Publisher: Facts On File
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780816079421
Subjects: Geometry; History
Description: Beginning with a brief description of some of the geometry that preceded the geometry of the Greeks, it takes up the story of geometry during the European Renaissance as well as the significant mathematical progress in other areas of the world. It also discusses the analytic geometry of René Descartes and Pierre Fermat, the alternative coordinate systems invented by Isaac Newton, and the solid geometry of Leonhard Euler. Also included is an overview of the geometry of one of the most successful mathematicians of the 19th century, Bernhard Riemann, who created both higher dimensional geometry and geometry that is intrinsic to surfaces. --from publisher description
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Geometry: the language of space and form, c2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
revised edition