Lewis Carroll, Mathematics
Euclid and His Modern Rivals
Hardcover
(Dover Publications March 29, 2004)
The author of Alice in Wonderland (and an Oxford professor of mathematics) employs the fanciful format of a play set in Hell to take a hard look at late-19th-century interpretations of Euclidean geometry. Carroll's penetrating observations on geometry are accompanied by ample doses of his famous wit. 1885 edition.
- Series
- Dover Books on Mathematics
- ISBN
- 0486495663 / 9780486495668
- Pages
- 320
- Weight
- 17.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.8 x 0.8 in.