Scientific Classification Manual: Geometry

Author: Kathleen A. Gorini
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: With the advancement of technology, it has become increasingly difficult for students and teachers to obtain direct and rapid solutions to fundamental scientific and algebraic problems. Therefore, they will welcome the book "Science Classification Handbook: Geometry" published by U.S. FactsOnFile Publishers. The "Science Classification Handbook" series covers the following disciplines: physics, biology, chemistry, earth science, oceanography, space and astronomy, weather and climate, calculus, and geometry. It is an invaluable bilingual dictionary series organized systematically by academic disciplines. The "Science Classification Handbook: Geometry" published by U.S. FactsOnFile Publishers includes the following sections:
Terminology: The book contains nearly 3,000 entries, many of which are accompanied by simple diagrams to help explain their meanings. Topics include: asymptotes, circles, graphs, inversion, matrices, Pascal's Triangle, quadrants, spheres, and vectors.
People: It introduces more than 300 mathematicians from ancient times to the present, whose discoveries have advanced human understanding of geometry. These scientists include: Filippo Brunelleschi, René Descartes, Euclid, David Hilbert, Emmy Noether, Blaise Pascal, Karen Uhlenbeck, and others.
Chronology: It spans over 4,000 years of the history of geometry, including significant discoveries and events in the field: Thales, a Greek mathematician, predicted solar eclipses using mathematical methods (around 585 BC); Scottish inventor John Napier announced the invention of logarithms (1614); German mathematician Johann Lambert proved that π is irrational (1761); Albert Einstein systematically presented his theory of general relativity (1951); American engineer Buckminster Fuller invented the geodesic dome (1949); James Gleick published Chaos: The New Science (1987).
The series published by U.S. FactsOnFile Publishers is equipped with a convenient index, making it easy for students and teachers to quickly verify information. The book places geometry within the broader context of science, highlighting the close connections between all disciplines and enabling comparison and integration of information across different fields.