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Non-Euclidean Geometry: A Critical and Historical Study of its Development

5.0 out of 5 stars The most enjoyable book on mathematics I have read
The starting point is of course Euclid's Parallell Postulate, from which can be deduced:

i. Through a given point outside a given line, one and only one line can be drawn which is parallell to the given line.

Bonola shows us the many attempts that through history have been made to prove the postulate, that is: to show that it is a consequence of the...

3.0 out of 5 stars A very old classic
In Einstein's day this might have been a very good read! It is very well written. It is like reading a Spanish concurrent to Russell. A little reading finds it is a translation of a 1912 text. With general Relativity being a product of the understanding of the velocity based non Euclidean geometry of Lorentz who based his work on Poincare who based his work on Klein who...