The Wonder Book of Geometry: A Mathematical Story by Acheson, David

The Wonder Book of Geometry: A Mathematical Story (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198846383)

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The Wonder Book of Geometry: A Mathematical Story by Acheson, David

The Wonder Book of Geometry: A Mathematical Story

$18.98
The Wonder Book of Geometry: A Mathematical Story by Acheson, David

The Wonder Book of Geometry: A Mathematical Story

$18.98
Format: Hardcover
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How can we be sure that Pythagoras's theorem is really true? Why is the 'angle in a semicircle' always 90 degrees? And how can tangents help determine the speed of a bullet?

David Acheson takes the reader on a highly illustrated tour through the history of geometry, from ancient Greece to the present day. He emphasizes throughout elegant deduction and practical applications, and argues that geometry can offer the quickest route to the whole spirit of mathematics at its best. Along the way, we encounter the quirky and the unexpected, meet the great personalities involved, and uncover some of the loveliest surprises in mathematics.

Author: David Acheson
ISBN-10: 019884638X
ISBN-13: 9780198846383
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 01/02/2021
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 1.30d
By David Acheson
By David Acheson
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David Acheson is an Emeritus Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and the University's first winner of a National Teaching Fellowship, in 2004. He was President of the Mathematical Association from 2010 to 2011, and now lectures widely on mathematics to young people and the general public. In 2013, Acheson was awarded an Honorary D.Sc. by the University of East Anglia for his outstanding work in the popularisation of mathematics. His books include 1089 and All That (OUP, 2002), and The Calculus Story, (OUP, 2017).

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