The Poincaré conjecture : in search of the shape of the universe /: in search of the shape of the universe. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Donal O'Shea.
• Other Names: O'Shea, Donal
• Contents: Cambridge, April 2003 -- Shape of the Earth -- Possible worlds -- Shape of the universe -- Euclid's geometry -- Non-Euclideans -- Bernhard Riemann's probationary lecture -- Riemann's legacy -- Klein and Poincaré -- Poincaré's topological papers -- Great savants -- Conjecture takes hold -- Higher dimensions -- Solution in the new millennium -- Madrid, August 2006.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (304 pages)
• Subjects: 514.34092; 514.2; History Of Mathematics; Shape theory (Topology); Three-manifolds (Topology); Shape theory (Topology); Three-manifolds (Topology); Cosmology & The Universe; History Of Science
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780141900346; 0141900342
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