Title: Euler's Gem
Subtitle: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
First published: 2008
Description: Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects--from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. Euler's Gem tells the illuminating story of this indispensable mathematical idea --Front jacket flap.
Subjects: Topology, Polyhedra, History, Polyhedral functions, Mathematics, award:euler_book_prize
LC classification: QA611.A3 R53 2008