The Facts On File Geometry Handbook - Rilegato

Gorini, Catherine A.

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ISBN 10: 0816073899 ISBN 13: 9780816073894

Casa editrice: Facts on File, 2009

Riassunto

Provides a glossary of terms; brief profiles of significant contributors to the field; and a chronology of significant advancements; as well as tables of formulas and theorems, numbers, symbols, and constructions.

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Product Description

Like other areas of mathematics, geometry is a continually growing and evolving field. Computers, technology, and the sciences drive many new discoveries in mathematics. For geometry, the areas of quantum computers, computer graphics, nanotechnology, crystallography, and theoretical physics have been particularly relevant in the past few years. There have been considerable developments in the field of geometry since the first edition of "The Facts On File Geometry Handbook" was published. An ideal primer for middle and high school students on the subject of geometry, this revised edition highlights new developments while expanding on the material in the first edition. More than 300 new glossary terms have been added as well as new biographies, events, charts, tables, theorems, and photographs and line illustrations. New and revised entries include: Algebraic equation; Calipers; Coloring; Devil's pitchfork; Hausdorff distance; John Hubbard; Isometric perspective; Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; Magic square; Monstrous Moonshine Madness; Isaac Newton; Grigory Perelman; Root snail; School Mathematics Study Group (SMSG); Sudoku square; Wheel of Theodorus; and, Windmill Theorem.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Facts on File
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0816073899
• ISBN 13: 9780816073894
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 342
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile