Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology by Richeson, David S.
Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology by Richeson, David S.

Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology

Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects--from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's...
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Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology by Richeson, David S.

Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology

$45.18
Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology by Richeson, David S.

Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology

$45.18
Author: David S. Richeson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description

Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects--from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. Euler's Gem tells the illuminating story of this indispensable mathematical idea.

From ancient Greek geometry to today's cutting-edge research, Euler's Gem celebrates the discovery of Euler's beloved polyhedron formula and its far-reaching impact on topology, the study of shapes. In 1750, Euler observed that any polyhedron composed of V vertices, E edges, and F faces satisfies the equation V-E+F=2. David Richeson tells how the Greeks missed the formula entirely; how Descartes almost discovered it but fell short; how nineteenth-century mathematicians widened the formula's scope in ways that Euler never envisioned by adapting it for use with doughnut shapes, smooth surfaces, and higher dimensional shapes; and how twentieth-century mathematicians discovered that every shape has its own Euler's formula. Using wonderful examples and numerous illustrations, Richeson presents the formula's many elegant and unexpected applications, such as showing why there is always some windless spot on earth, how to measure the acreage of a tree farm by counting trees, and how many crayons are needed to color any map.

Filled with a who's who of brilliant mathematicians who questioned, refined, and contributed to a remarkable theorem's development, Euler's Gem will fascinate every mathematics enthusiast.

Author: David S. Richeson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 04/15/2012
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780691154572

About the Author
David S. Richeson is associate professor of mathematics at Dickinson College.
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