Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Autor Leonard Mlodinowen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2002
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780684865249
ISBN-10: 0684865246
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 135 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Free Press
ISBN-10: 0684865246
Pagini: 320
Dimensiuni: 135 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Ediția:Reprint
Editura: Free Press
Notă biografică
Leonard Mlodinow, Ph.D., was a member of the faculty of the California Institute of Technology before moving to Hollywood to become a writer for numerous television shows ranging from Star Trek: The Next Generation to Night Court. He has also developed many bestselling and award-winning educational CD-ROMs, and delivered technical and general lectures in ten countries. He is currently Vice President, Emerging Technologies and R&D, at Scholastic Inc. He lives in New York City.
Descriere
Even the numerically challenged will be entranced by this clear and clever chronicle revealing the role of geometry in scientific revolutions and in the advancement of civilization itself.
Cuprins
Contents
Introduction
I THE STORY OF EUCLID
1. The First Revolution
2. The Geometry of Taxation
3. Among the Seven Sages
4. The Secret Society
5. Euclid's Manifesto
6. A Beautiful Woman, a Library, and the End of Civilization
II THE STORY OF DESCARTES
7. The Revolution in Place
8. The Origin of Latitude and Longitude
9. The Legacy of the Rotten Romans
10. The Discreet Charm of the Graph
11. A Soldier's Story
12. Iced by the Snow Queen
III THE STORY OF GAUSS
13. The Curved Space Revolution
14. The Trouble with Ptolemy
15. A Napoleonic Hero
16. The Fall of the Fifth Postulate
17. Lost in Hyperbolic Space
18. Some Insects Called the Human Race
19. A Tale of Two Aliens
20. After 2,000 Years, a Face-lift
IV THE STORY OF EINSTEIN
21. Revolution at the Speed of Light
22. Relativity's Other Albert
23. The Stuff of Space
24. Probationary Technical Expert, Third Class
25. A Relatively Euclidean Approach
26. Einstein's Apple
27. From Inspiration to Perspiration
28. Blue Hair Triumphs
V THE STORY OF WITTEN
29. The Weird Revolution
30. Ten Things I Hate About Your Theory
31. The Necessary Uncertainty of Being
32. Clash of the Titans
33. A Message in a Kaluza-Klein Bottle
34. The Birth of Strings
35. Particles, Schmarticles!
36. The Trouble with Strings
37. The Theory Formerly Known As Strings
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Introduction
I THE STORY OF EUCLID
1. The First Revolution
2. The Geometry of Taxation
3. Among the Seven Sages
4. The Secret Society
5. Euclid's Manifesto
6. A Beautiful Woman, a Library, and the End of Civilization
II THE STORY OF DESCARTES
7. The Revolution in Place
8. The Origin of Latitude and Longitude
9. The Legacy of the Rotten Romans
10. The Discreet Charm of the Graph
11. A Soldier's Story
12. Iced by the Snow Queen
III THE STORY OF GAUSS
13. The Curved Space Revolution
14. The Trouble with Ptolemy
15. A Napoleonic Hero
16. The Fall of the Fifth Postulate
17. Lost in Hyperbolic Space
18. Some Insects Called the Human Race
19. A Tale of Two Aliens
20. After 2,000 Years, a Face-lift
IV THE STORY OF EINSTEIN
21. Revolution at the Speed of Light
22. Relativity's Other Albert
23. The Stuff of Space
24. Probationary Technical Expert, Third Class
25. A Relatively Euclidean Approach
26. Einstein's Apple
27. From Inspiration to Perspiration
28. Blue Hair Triumphs
V THE STORY OF WITTEN
29. The Weird Revolution
30. Ten Things I Hate About Your Theory
31. The Necessary Uncertainty of Being
32. Clash of the Titans
33. A Message in a Kaluza-Klein Bottle
34. The Birth of Strings
35. Particles, Schmarticles!
36. The Trouble with Strings
37. The Theory Formerly Known As Strings
Epilogue
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index