String, Straightedge, and Shadow
Subtitle: The Story of Geometry
By: [by] Julia E. Diggins; illustrated by Corydon Bell.
Contributors: Corydon Bell (Illustrator)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Geometry -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature
Notes: Bibliography: p. [156]
Table of contents: title: The Beginnings: Geometry and Nature; title: In the Ancient Near East: Geometry and Daily Life; title: The Ionian Greeks: Geometry and Thought; title: The Secret Brotherhood: Geometry, Mathematics, and Magic; title: From the Academy to the Museum: Geometry, Art, and Science