Ideas of Space: Euclidean, Non-Euclidean, and Relativistic
Author:   Jeremy Gray (Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Open University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
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9780198539353


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   17 August 1989
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jeremy Gray (Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Open University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 24.10cm
Weight:   0.538kg
ISBN:  

9780198539353


ISBN 10:   0198539355
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   17 August 1989
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

PART I: Early geometry; Euclidean geometry and the parallel postulate; Investigations by Islamic mathematicians. PART II: Saccheri and his Western Predecessors; J H Lambert's work; Legendre's work; Gauss' contribution; Trigonometry; the first new geometries; the discoveries of Lobachevskii and Bolyai; Curves and surfaces; Riemann on the foundations of geometry; Beltrami's ideas; New models and old arguments; Resume. PART III: Non-Euclidean mechanics; The question of absolute space; Space, time and space-time; Paradoxes of special relativity; Gravitation and non-Euclidean geometry; Speculations; Some last thoughts.

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From reviews of the first edition: Jeremy Gray has provided a superb exposition which tells a good story. --Mathematics Teaching<br> Promises to become a classic text for those interested in considering changing mathematical perceptions of space. Gray's book is a pleasure to read. --Historia Mathematica<br> An admirable exposition for well-educated laymen of the evolution of geometrical thought from before Euclid to black holes. --American Mathematical Monthly<br>


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