In pursuit of beauty. Adventures of the fifth postulate of Euclid
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It is difficult to find a more exciting story in the history of science than the history of the fifth postulate of Euclid. For more than two millennia, a variety of mathematicians tried to prove it, and as a result of their attempts, they led to the birth of non -Euclidean geometry describing the universe.
The heroes of the book of the Doctor of Physics and Mathematical Sciences V.P. Smilgi (1929-2009) are great scientists of different eras and countries: Euclid, Omar Hayam, Gauss, Lobachevsky, Riman, Einstein and many others. The author talks about the development of science, the birth of new ideas, about the people who have turned our ideas about the world in which we live.
For a wide range of readers
The heroes of the book of the Doctor of Physics and Mathematical Sciences V.P. Smilgi (1929-2009) are great scientists of different eras and countries: Euclid, Omar Hayam, Gauss, Lobachevsky, Riman, Einstein and many others. The author talks about the development of science, the birth of new ideas, about the people who have turned our ideas about the world in which we live.
For a wide range of readers
Author:
Author:Smilga Voldemar Petrovich
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Arts & Photography
- Category:Comics and Graphic Novels
- Category:Reference books
Series:
Series: Scientific and popular literature
ISBN:
ISBN:9785020401594
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