Tabak, John

The history of mathematics : geometry the language of space and form / John Tabak - New Delhi : Viva Books, 2006 - xvii, 222 p. - 02 .

includes glossary and index

Geometry in antiquity --
geometry before the greeks;
major mathematical works of greek geometry;
Projective geometry --
mathematics and art during the renaissance;
the first theorems;
projective geometry rediscovered;
a non-euclidean geometry;
Coordinate geometry --
the beginnings of analytic geometry;
calculus and analytic geometry;
differential geometry;
the shape of space and time;
infinite-dimensional geometry



9788130900919 (hbk)


Mathematics--History

510 / T112