Euclids Window (the Story): The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace - Hardcover

Mlodinow, Leonard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684865238 ISBN 13: 9780684865232

Publisher: Free Press, 2001

Synopsis

In Euclid's Window, Leonard Mlondinow takes us on a brilliantly entertaining journey through 3,000 years of genius and geometry, introducing the people who revolutionized the way we see the world around us.

Ever since Pythagoras hatched a 'little scheme' to invent a set of rules describing the entire universe, scientists and mathematicians have tried to seek order in the cosmos: Euclid, who in 300BC defined the nature of space; Descartes, a fourteenth-century gambler and idler who invented the graph; Gauss, the fifteen-year-old genius who discovered that space is curved; Einstein, who added time to the equation; and Witten, who ushered in today's weird new world of extra, twisted dimensions.

They all show how geometry is the key to understanding the universe. Once you have viewed life through Euclid's Window, it will never be the same again...

'Elegant, attractive and concise ... also very readable. Buy it'
  Ian Stewart, New Scientist

'This is an exhilarating book ... an important book ... and finally, a lovely book, one that reflects the radiance of its subject'
  David Berlinski

'Reader-friendly, high-spirited, splendidly lucid and often hilarious'
  Washington Post

'Mlodinow has a talent for lively and clear exposition ... Pythagoras' proof has lost none of its capacity to astonish and delight'
  Edward Skidelsky, Daily Telegraph

Leonard Mlodinow was a member of the faculty of the Californian Institute of Technology before moving to Hollywood to become a writer for television. He has developed many best selling and award-winning CD-ROMs and is currently Vice President, Emerging Technologies and R&D at Scholastic Inc. He lives in New York City. His other books include The Drunkard's Walk and Subliminal.

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Review

Michael Guillen

author of "Five Equations That Changed the World"

How often can you say that a book on math -- on math! -- is a real page-turner? Well, this one is. As engaging as a soap opera, as fascinating as a whodunit, as funny as the Sunday comics, Mlodinow's book is storytelling at its best.

Curt Suplee

"The Washington Post"

High-spirited, splendidly lucid and often hilarious.

Brian Greene

author of "The Elegant Universe"

There is perhaps no better way to prepare for the scientific breakthroughs of tomorrow than to learn the language of geometry, and "Euclid's Window" makes this task lively and enjoyable.

Curt Suplee"The Washington Post"High-spirited, splendidly lucid and often hilarious.

Brian Greeneauthor of "The Elegant Universe"There is perhaps no better way to prepare for the scientific breakthroughs of tomorrow than to learn the language of geometry, and "Euclid's Window" makes this task lively and enjoyable.

Michael Guillenauthor of "Five Equations That Changed the World"How often can you say that a book on math -- on math! -- is a real page-turner? Well, this one is. As engaging as a soap opera, as fascinating as a whodunit, as funny as the Sunday comics, Mlodinow's book is storytelling at its best.

Brian Greene author of "The Elegant Universe" There is perhaps no better way to prepare for the scientific breakthroughs of tomorrow than to learn the language of geometry, and "Euclid's Window" makes this task lively and enjoyable.

Curt Suplee "The Washington Post" High-spirited, splendidly lucid and often hilarious.

Michael Guillen author of "Five Equations That Changed the World" How often can you say that a book on math -- on math! -- is a real page-turner? Well, this one is. As engaging as a soap opera, as fascinating as a whodunit, as funny as the Sunday comics, Mlodinow's book is storytelling at its best.

Curt Suplee The Washington Post High-spirited, splendidly lucid and often hilarious.

About the Author

Leonard Mlodinow, PhD, was a member of the faculty of the Californian Institute of Technology before moving to Hollywoos to become a writer for televsion. He has developed many best seliing and award-winning CD-ROMs and is currently VIce President,Emerging Technologies and R&D at Scolastic Inc. He lives in New York City.

Edition details

• Publisher: Free Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0684865238
• ISBN 13: 9780684865232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320