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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderfully clear and complete,
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This review is from: The Foundations of Geometry and the Non-Euclidean Plane (Hardcover)
Though perfectly clear to the mathematician, Non-Euclidean geometry is surronded by an aura of mystery and mistrust among the general public, and even a good many mathematicians would be hard pressed to explain exactly how the negation of the parallel postulate leads to all those strange formulas teeming with hyperbolic functions and other exotica. G.E. Martin explains everything beautifully, with exemplary clarity and just the right amount of detail. The reader also gets a complete construction of Euclidean geometry starting with the Birkhoff-Halsted axiom system, as well as a wealth of historical information into the bargain. Every serious math major or amateur ought to read this book, and many a professional could well benefit from it.
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The Foundations of Geometry and the Non-Euclidean Plane by George Edward Martin (Hardcover - March 22, 1982)
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