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Author Rozenfelʹd, B. A. (Boris Abramovich)

Title A history of non-Euclidean geometry : evolution of the concept of a geometric space / B.A. Rosenfeld ; translated by Abe Shenitzer with the editorial assistance of Hardy Grant
Published New York : Springer-Verlag, [1988]
©1988

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Description ix, 471 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences ; 12
Studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences ; 12
Contents Machine derived contents note: Contents: Spherical Geometry.- The Theory of Parallels.- Geometric Transformations.- Geometric Algebra and the Prehistory of Multidimensional Geometry.- Philosophy of Space.- Lobacevskian Geometry.- Multidimensional Spaces.- The Curvature of Space.- Groups of Transformations.- Application of Algebras.- References.- Index
Notes Includes index
Translation of: Istorii͡a neevklidovoĭ geometrii
Thesis (B.Sc.(Hons.))--Flinders University of S. Aust., 1986
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [428]-454
Subject Geometry, Non-Euclidean -- History.
Geometry, Non-Euclidean.
Memory.
LC no. 87009455
ISBN 0387964584
Other Titles Istorii͡a neevklidovoĭ geometrii. English