Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology by David S. Richeson

Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology

David S. Richeson

317 pages hardcover 2008

3 editions

nonfiction history mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
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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...

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