Non-Euclidean Geometry (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Bonola, Roberto

ISBN 10: 0486600270 / ISBN 13: 9780486600277

Published by Dover Publications Inc., 1954

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Some creasing to front cover, but a clean and unmarked copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Non-Euclidean Geometry (Dover Books on Mathematics)
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication Date: 1954
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486600270
• ISBN 13: 9780486600277
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 423 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Examines various attempts to prove Euclid's parallel postulate ― by the Greeks, Arabs and Renaissance mathematicians. Ranging through the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, it considers forerunners and founders such as Saccheri, Lambert, Legendre, W. Bolyai, Gauss, Schweikart, Taurinus, J. Bolyai and Lobachewsky. Includes 181 diagrams.