| The Shape of Space Contributor(s): Weeks, Jeffrey R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0824707095 ISBN-13: 9780824707095 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $47.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2001 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Maintaining the standard of excellence set by the previous edition, this textbook covers the basic geometry of two- and three-dimensional spaces Written by a master expositor, leading researcher in the field, and MacArthur Fellow, it includes experiments to determine the true shape of the universe and contains illustrated examples and engaging exercises that teach mind-expanding ideas in an intuitive and informal way. Bridging the gap from geometry to the latest work in observational cosmology, the book illustrates the connection between geometry and the behavior of the physical universe and explains how radiation remaining from the big bang may reveal the actual shape of the universe. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Applied - Medical - Mathematics | Geometry - General |
| Dewey: 514.3 |
| LCCN: 2001058399 |
| Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC Pure and Applied Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.24" W x 9.22" (1.49 lbs) 408 pages |
