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Janos Bolyai, Non-Euclidean Geometry, and the Nature of Space
Janos Bolyai NonEuclidean Geometry and the Nature of Space
Author: Jeremy J. Gray
Janos Bolyai (1802-1860) was a mathematician who changed our fundamental ideas about space. As a teenager he started to explore a set of nettlesome geometrical problems, including Euclid's parallel postulate, and in 1832 he published a brilliant twenty-four-page paper that eventually shook the foundations of the 2000-year-old tradition of Euclid...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780262571746
ISBN-10: 0262571749
Publication Date: 6/1/2004
Pages: 256
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Publisher: The MIT Press
Book Type: Paperback
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