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• Title:Proof! : how the world became geometrical / Amir Alexander.
  
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• Author/Creator:Alexander, Amir, author.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Scientific American : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2019.
  

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  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: QA443.5 .A44 2019
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Geometry--History.
  Geometry--Popular works.
  
• Genre/Form:History.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:"An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our world"-- Provided by publisher.
  A history of geometry.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-288) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780374254902 (hardcover)
  0374254907 (hardcover)
  
• Contents:Introduction
  Part I. How the world became geometrical. The mirror image
  The geometrical code
  Part II. Euclid's kingdom. Royal geometries
  The return of the kings
  The king's garden
  Part III. The Sun King's touch. Beyond Versailles
  The Euclidean Republic
  Conclusion: The non-Euclidean world.