This is a revised and updated edition of Graham Nerlich's classic book (1976). It develops a metaphysical account of space that treats it as a real and concrete entity, showing that shape plays a key explanatory role in space and spacetime theories. Arguing that geometrical explanation is very like
The shape of space
✍ Scribed by Weeks, Jeffrey Renwick
- Publisher
- Marcel Dekker
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 403
- Series
- Monographs and textbooks in pure and applied mathematics 249
- Edition
- 2nd ed
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
SURFACES AND THREE-MANIFOLDSFlatlandGluingVocabularyOrientabilityConnected SumsProductsFlat ManifoldsOrientability vs. Two-SidednessGEOMETRIES ON SURFACESThe SphereThe Hyperbolic PlaneGeometries on SurfacesThe Gauss-Bonnet Formula and the Euler NumberGEOMETRIES ON THREE-MANIFOLDSFour-Dimensional SpaceThe HypersphereHyperbolic SpaceGeometries on Three-Manifolds IBundlesGeometries on Three-Manifolds IITHE UNIVERSE The UniverseThe History of SpaceCosmic CrystallographyCircles in the SkyAppendix A AnswersAppendix B BibliographyAppendix C Conway's ZIP ProofIndex
✦ Subjects
Cristalografía;Superficies algebraicas;Topología;Topología;Cristalografía
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This is a revised and updated edition of Graham Nerlich's classic book (1976). It develops a metaphysical account of space that treats it as a real and concrete entity, showing that shape plays a key explanatory role in space and spacetime theories. Arguing that geometrical explanation is very like
This is a revised and updated edition of Graham Nerlich's classic book (1976). It develops a metaphysical account of space that treats it as a real and concrete entity, showing that shape plays a key explanatory role in space and spacetime theories. Arguing that geometrical explanation is very like
<p></p> <p>The Shape of Space, Third Edition maintains the standard of excellence set by the previous editions. This lighthearted textbook covers the basic geometry and topology of two- and three-dimensional spaces―stretching students’ minds as they learn to visualize new possibilities for the shape
<p></p> <p>The Shape of Space, Third Edition maintains the standard of excellence set by the previous editions. This lighthearted textbook covers the basic geometry and topology of two- and three-dimensional spaces―stretching students’ minds as they learn to visualize new possibilities for the shape