David Acheson: The Wonder Book of Geometry

Cover: 9780198846383 | The Wonder Book of Geometry | A Mathematical Story | David Acheson

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Beschreibung

How can we be sure that Pythagoras's theorem is really true? Why is the 'angle in a semicircle' always 90 degrees? And how can tangents help determine the speed of a bullet?

David Acheson takes the reader on a highly illustrated tour through the history of geometry, from ancient Greece to the present day. He emphasizes throughout elegant deduction and practical applications, and argues that geometry can offer the quickest route to the whole spirit of mathematics at its best. Along the way, we encounter the quirky and the unexpected, meet the great personalities involved, and uncover some of the loveliest surprises in mathematics.

Über den Autor

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 [...]. 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).

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...

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Geometrie
Genre:	Importe , Mathematik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	288 S. 131 black and white images 143 line drawings
ISBN-13:	9780198846383
ISBN-10:	019884638X
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Acheson, David
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Oxford University Press España S.A., El Parque Empresarial San Fernando de Henares, Avendia de Castilla 2, E-28830 Madrid, product.safety@oup.com
Maße:	205 x 142 x 32 mm
Von/Mit:	David Acheson
Erscheinungsdatum:	05.11.2020
Gewicht:	0,35 kg