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A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space: An Exploration of the Intersection of Higher Geometry and Feminine Handicraft
A Field Guide to Hyperbolic Space An Exploration of the Intersection of Higher Geometry and Feminine Handicraft
Author: Margaret Wetheim
For two thousand years mathematicians knew about only two kinds of geometry the plane and the sphere. But in the early nineteenth century they became aware of another space in which lines cavorted in aberrant formations. Offending reason and common sense, this new space came to be known as the hyperbolic plane, in homage to its abundant excess ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780977962211
ISBN-10: 0977962210
Pages: 97
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Publisher: The Institute for Figuring
Book Type: Paperback
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