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Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries : development and history / Marvin Jay Greenberg.

Author: Greenberg, Marvin J.

Edition Statement:4th ed.

Imprint:New York : W.H. Freeman, c2008.

Descriptionxxix, 637 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Euclid's geometry -- Logic and incidence geometry -- Hilbert's axioms -- Neutral geometry -- History of the parallel postulate -- The discovery of non-Euclidean geometry -- Independence of the parallel postulate -- Philosophical implications, fruitful applications -- Geometric transformations -- Further results in real hyperbolic geometry -- Appendices. Elliptic and other Riemannian geometry -- Hilbert's geometry without real numbers.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-610) and indexes.

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Buhl LibraryBuhl - Open Stacks QA445 .G84 2008 Available

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