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02352aam a2200349 i 4500 001 8A442BFC72D911EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221203010154 008 210721s2022 enka b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2021943454 020 $a 0199683689 020 $a 9780199683680 035 $a (OCoLC)1260818991 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d INU $d OCLCO $d IVV $d PAU $d UIU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 4 $a QA445 D84 2022 100 1 $a Dunajski, Maciej, $e author. 245 10 $a Geometry : $b a very short introduction / $c Maciej Dunajski. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Oxford University Press, $c 2022. 300 $a xxi, 148 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 18 cm. 490 1 $a Very short introductions 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144) and index. 520 $a "The study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof--deductive reasoning from a set of axioms--first arose. To this day geometry remains a very active area of research in mathematics. This Very Short Introduction covers the areas of mathematics falling under geometry, starting with topics such as Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, and ranging to curved spaces, projective geometry in Renaissance art, and geometry of space-time inside a black hole. Starting from the basics, Maciej Dunajski proceeds from concrete examples (of mathematical objects like Platonic solids, or theorems like the Pythagorean theorem) to general principles. Throughout, he outlines the role geometry plays in the broader context of science and art."-- $c Publisher's website. 505 00 $g p. 120. $t Geometry of the physical world $g p. 1 -- $g 2 $t Euclidean geometry $g p. 7 -- $g 3 $t Non-Euclidean geometry $g p. 47 -- $g 4 $t Geometry of curved spaces $g p. 66 -- $g 5 $t Projective geometry $g p. 83 -- $g 6 $t Other geometries $g p. 103 -- $g 7 $t Geometry of the physical world $g p. 120. 650 0 $a Geometry. 776 08 $i Electronic version: $a Dunajski, Maciej. $t Geometry. $d Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022 $z 9780191784859 $w (OCoLC)1293881831 830 0 $a Very short introductions. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302020751.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8A442BFC72D911EDA0B05B7C49ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search