The shape of space. ([2002])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeffrey R. Weeks.
• Authors: Weeks, Jeffrey R, 1956-
• Contents: Surfaces and three-manifolds -- 1. Flatland -- 2. Gluing -- 3. Vocabulary -- 4. Orientability -- 5. Connected sums -- 6. Products -- 7. Flat manifolds -- 8. Orientability vs. two-sidedness -- Geometries on surfaces -- 9. The sphere -- 10. The hyperbolic plane -- 11. Geometries on surfaces -- 12. The Gauss-Bonnet formula and the Euler number -- Geometries on three-manifolds -- 13. Four-dimensional space -- 14. The hypersphere -- 15. Hyperbolic space -- 16. Geometries on three-manifolds I -- 17. Bundles -- 18. Geometries on three-manifolds II -- The universe -- 19. The universe -- 20. The history of space -- 21. Cosmic crystallography -- 22. Circles in the sky.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: New York : Marcel Dekker
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 382 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 514/.3; Three-manifolds (Topology); Surfaces; MATHEMATICS -- Topology; Surfaces; Three-manifolds (Topology); Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0585417911; 9780585417912; 0824748379; 9780824748371; 9780203912669; 0203912667; 9781135542665; 9781135542610; 1135542619; 9781135542658; 1135542651
• Related ISBNs: 0824707095; 9780824707095; 113554266X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-360) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.