Curious and Interesting Geometry, The Penguin Dictionary of (Penguin science)

Wells, David

ISBN 10: 0140118136 / ISBN 13: 9780140118131

Verlag: Penguin Books, 1992

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Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers S_439793886

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Curious and Interesting Geometry, The Penguin Dictionary of (Penguin science)
• Verlag: Penguin Books
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1992
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0140118136
• ISBN-13: 9780140118131
• Einband: Paperback
• Illustrator: Sharp, John
• Zustand: Very Good

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Inhaltsangabe

A companion volume to the author's "Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers", which focuses on arithmetic and number theory. The entries in this book cover curves, topology, tilings and all branches of plane and three-dimensional geometry, from Euclid to fractals.

Reseña del editor

What do the Apollonian gasket, Dandelin spheres, interlocking polyominoes, Poncelet's porism, Fermat points, Fatou dust, the Vodernberg tessellation, the Euler line and the unilluminable room have in common?