The Wonder Book of Geometry

Produktbeschreibung

David Acheson transports us into the world of geometry, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. He describes its history, from ancient Greece to the present day, and its emphasis on proofs. With its elegant deduction and practical applications, he demonstrates how geometry offers the quickest route to the spirit of mathematics at its best. 

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction
2: Getting Started
3: Euclid's Elements
4: Thales' Theorem
5: Geometry in Action
6: Pythagoras' Theorem
7: 'In Love with Geometry'?
8: 'Imagine my exultation, Watson...'
9: Congruence and Similarity
10: Conversely...
11: Circle Theorems
12: Off at a Tangent
13: From Tangents to Supersonic Flow
14: What is pi, exactly?
15: The Story of the Ellipse
16: Geometry by Coordinates
17: Geometry and Calculus
18: A Royal Road to Geometry?
19: Unexpected Meetings
20: Ceva's Theorem
21: A Kind of Symmetry
22: 'Pyracy' in Woolwich?
23: Fermat's Problem
24: A Soap Solution
25: Geometry in 'The Ladies' Diary'
26: What Euclid Did
27: Euclid on Parallel Lines
28: 'A New Theory of Parallels'?
29: Anti-Euclid?
30: When Geometry Goes Wrong...
31: New Angles on Geometry
32: And Finally... 

Kritik

Well written, clear and informative. Edward Rochead, Mathematics today 

Autoreninfo

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).