- Topology, Polyhedra, History, Polyhedral functions
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 --Front jacket flap.
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Warm, classical in form, earnest and cool.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- David S. Richeson
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781400838561
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