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Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
Euler's Gem The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
Author: David S. Richeson
Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects--from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. Euler's Gem tells the illuminating story of this indispensable mathematical idea. From ancient Greek...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691126777
ISBN-10: 0691126771
Publication Date: 9/8/2008
Pages: 332
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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