| Beyond Geometry: A New Mathematics of Space and Form Contributor(s): Tabak, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816079455 ISBN-13: 9780816079452 Publisher: Facts on File OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Topology - General - Mathematics | Set Theory - Mathematics | Geometry - General |
| Dewey: 516 |
| LCCN: 2010023887 |
| Series: History of Mathematics (Facts on File) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 217 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Beyond Geometry describes how set-theoretic topology developed and why it now occupies a central place in mathematics. Describing axiomatic method as well as providing a definition of what a geometric property is, this new resource examines how early analysts incorporated geometric thinking into their development of the calculus. It also looks at the various mathematicians who struggled to develop a new conceptual framework for mathematics and examines one of the sub-disciplines of set-theoretic topology called dimension theory. |