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Item Details
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DICTIONARY OF CURIOUS AND INTERESTING GEOMETRY
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| By: |
D.G. Wells (Editor) |
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Paperback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0140118136 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780140118131 |
| Publisher: |
PENGUIN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
31 October, 1991 |
| Series: |
Penguin science |
| Pages: |
304 |
| Description: |
A companion volume to the author's "Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers", which focuses on arithmetic and number theory. The entries in this book cover curves, topology, tilings and all branches of plane and three-dimensional geometry, from Euclid to fractals. |
| Synopsis: |
What do the Apollonian gasket, Dandelin spheres, interlocking polyominoes, Poncelet's porism, Fermat points, Fatou dust, the Vodernberg tessellation, the Euler line and the unilluminable room have in common? |
| Illustrations: |
illustrations, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Penguin Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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