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  title info:
    title: Gems of Geometry
  name:
    name part: Barnes, John.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2012
    edition: 2nd ed. 2012.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIII, 325 p. 337 illus., 139 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: Based on a series of lectures for adult students at Reading and Oxford University in the UK, this lively and entertaining book proves that, far from being a dusty, dull subject, geometry is in fact full of beauty and fascination. The author's infectious enthusiasm is put to use in explaining a range of topics, starting with the Golden Number and taking the reader on a geometrical journey covering topics such as Shapes and Solids, the Fourth Dimension, Projective Geometry and Topology, Chaos and Fractals, Steiner's porism, Soddy's Hexlet, Einstein's Theories of Relativity and finishing up with the amazing world of Crystals. Aimed at a general readership, and requiring only a basic understanding of mathematics, the text includes a wealth of the author's own diagrams and illustrations, of which many are in stereo. Equally ideal as an educational gift for a youngster or as a nostalgic journey back into the world of mathematics for older readers, John Barnes' book brings enlightenment and entertainment. “… unlike your average student textbook, this is a book designed to be dipped into, explored, enjoyed and savoured.” PLUS.MATHS.ORG "Gems of Geometry is a delightful little book; it is exactly the kind of thing that I would have loved to have had as a child" Roger Penrose.
  table of contents: 1 The Golden Number -- 2 Shapes and Solids -- 3 The Forth Dimension -- 4 Projective Geometry -- 5 Topology -- 6 Bubbles -- 7 Harmony of the Spheres -- 8 Chaos and Fractals -- 9 Relativity -- 10 Finale -- A More on Four -- B Crystals -- C Stability -- D Stereo Images -- E Schlegel Images -- F Stability -- G Fanoland -- Bibliography -- Index.
  note: by John Barnes.
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Geometry
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Mathematics
  subject:
    topic: Geometry
  subject:
    topic: History of Mathematical Sciences
  classification: QA440-699
  classification: 516
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783642309649
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30964-9
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