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Beautiful geometry / Eli Maor and Eugen Jost

by Eli Maor, Eugen Jost

This visual history of geometry features over sixty colour plates illustrating key patterns and theorems. It spans 2,500 years of mathematical development, from straightedge-and-compass constructions to configurations involving infinity.

Accession 11674 ISBN 9780691150994 Publisher Princeton University Press
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