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Geometry and the Imagination
Original titleAnschauliche Geometrie
TranslatorPaul Nemenyi
PublisherAmerican Mathematical Society
Publication date
1959
Pages357
ISBN9780821819982
OCLC542459

Geometry and the Imagination is a book by David Hilbert and Stephan Cohn-Vossen.[1]

Contents

Response

The Mathematical Association of America said about the book, "this book is a masterpiece — a delightful classic that should never go out of print".[2] Physics Today called it "a readable exposition of modern geometry and its relation to other branches of mathematics".[3] The Scientific Monthly said about it "has been a classic for twenty years . . . Although it deals with elementary topics, it reaches the fringe of our knowledge in many directions".[4]

References

  1. ^ 1862-1943., Hilbert, David, (1999). Geometry and the imagination (2nd ed ed.). Providence, R.I.: AMS Chelsea Pub. ISBN 9780821819982. OCLC 41256151. {{cite book}}: |edition= has extra text (help); |last= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Geometry and the Imagination | Mathematical Association of America". www.maa.org. Retrieved 2017-10-01.
  3. ^ Hilbert, D.; Cohn‐Vossen, S. (195305). "Geometry and the Imagination". Physics Today. doi:10.1063/1.3061234. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ^ Coxeter, H.S.M. (February 1953). "Review: Intuitive Geometry". The Scientific Monthly. 76, No. 2: 117–118 – via JSTOR.