Bibliograph

Geometry, understanding shapes and sizes, Mike Goldsmith ; series editor, Tom Jackson

Type

Label

Geometry, understanding shapes and sizes, Mike Goldsmith ; series editor, Tom Jackson

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Geometry

Oclc number

1127385280

Responsibility statement

Mike Goldsmith ; series editor, Tom Jackson

Series statement

Inside mathematics

Sub title

understanding shapes and sizes

Summary

Written to engage and enthuse young minds, the third volume in our series, Inside Mathematics: Geometry, introduces readers to the amazing people who figured out how shapes work and how they can be used to build spaces and study places we cannot go, like the beginning of the Universe

Table Of Contents

The roots of geometry -- Circles and spheres -- Spirals -- The mathematics of beauty -- The shapes of perfection -- Secrets of the cone -- Euclid's revolution -- Eratosthenes measures the earth -- Archimedes applies geometry -- Triangles and geometry -- Three impossible geometric puzzles -- Tiling and tessellations -- Perspective -- Flat maps of a round world -- Filling space -- Geometry + algebra -- The geometry of architecture -- Prince Rupert's challenge -- Higher dimensions -- Topology -- Fitting circles into triangles -- Non-Euclidean geometry -- Crystals -- The four-color problem -- The roundness of rollers -- Knots -- The Poincaré conjecture -- The geometry of space and time -- Fractals -- Unknown geometry

Target audience

adolescent

Classification

Contributor