A long way from Euclid. [The golden knot in the golden threat -- Nothing intricately drawn nowhere -- The inexhaustible storehouse -- A number for every point on the line -- Journey that begins at O -- How big? how steep? how fast? -- The new Euclid

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ix, 292 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. ; LCCN: 63-18418 ; OCLC: 531472 ; LC: QA21; Dewey: 513.09 ; ochre and sea green cloth ; no dustjacket ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; "This lively guide by a prominent historian focuses on the role of Euclid's Elements in mathematical developments of the last 2,000 years. No mathematical background beyond elementary algebra and plane geometry is necessary to appreciate the clear and simple explanations, which are augmented by more than 80 drawings." ; Contents: The golden knot in the golden threat -- Nothing intricately drawn nowhere -- The inexhaustible storehouse -- A number for every point on the line -- Journey that begins at O -- How big? how steep? how fast? -- How many numbers are enough? -- Enchanted realm, where thought is double -- The possibility of impossibility -- Euclid not alone -- Worlds we make -- Where is in and where is out? -- What a geometry -- Counting the infinite -- A most ingenious paradox -- The new Euclid -- Of truth tables and truths -- Mathematics, the inexhaustible. ; VG. N° de ref. del artículo 5511

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