Worlds out of nothing : a course in the history of geometry in the 19th century / Jeremy Gray.

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Main Author: Gray, Jeremy, 1947-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Springer, c2007.
Series:Springer undergraduate mathematics series,
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300 |a xxiii, 376 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
440 0 |a Springer undergraduate mathematics series,  |x 1615-2085 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [351]-367) and index. 
505 0 |a Mathematics in the French Revolution -- Poncelet (and pole and polar) -- Theorems in projective geometry -- Poncelet's traité -- Duality and the duality controversy -- Poncelet and Chasles -- Lambert and legendre -- Gauss -- János Bolyai -- Lobachevskii -- To 1855 -- Writing -- Möbius -- The duality paradox -- The Plücker formulae -- Higher plane curves -- Complex curves -- Riemann -- Differential geometry of surfaces -- Non-euclidean geometry accepted -- Writing -- Fundamental geometry -- Hilbert -- Italian foundations -- The disc model -- The geometry of space -- Summary: geometry to 1900 -- The formal side -- The physical side -- Is geometry true? -- Writing -- Von Staudt and his influence. 
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