BIBLIO is the largest independent book marketplace in the world, with over 100 million books.

Skip to content

Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Stock photo: cover may vary

Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace Hardback - 2001

by Leonard Mlodinow

Add to wish list

Reader reviews for Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

From the publisher

Through "Euclid's Window" Leonard Mlodinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace. Here is an altogether new, refreshing, alternative history of math revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space -- in the living room or in some other galaxy -- have been the hidden engine of the highest achievements in science and technology.

Mlodinow reveals how geometry's first revolution began with a "little" scheme hatched by Pythagoras: the invention of a system of abstract rules that could model the universe. That modest idea was the basis of scientific civilization. But further advance was halted when the Western mind nodded off into the Dark Ages. Finally in the fourteenth century an obscure bishop in France invented the graph and heralded the next revolution: the marriage of geometry and number. Then, while intrepid mariners were sailing back and forth across the Atlantic to the New World, a fifteen-year-old genius realized that, like the earth's surface, space could be curved. Could parallel lines really meet? Could the angles of a triangle really add up to more -- or less -- than 180 degrees? The curved-space revolution reinvented both mathematics and physics; it also set the stage for a patent office clerk named Einstein to add time to the dimensions of space. His great geometric revolution ushered in the modern era of physics.

Today we are in the midst of a new revolution. At Caltech, Princeton, and universities around the world, scientists are recognizing that all the varied and wondrous forces of nature can be understood through geometry --a weird new geometry. It is a thrilling math of extra, twisted dimensions, in which space and time, matter and energy, are all intertwined and revealed as consequences of a deep, underlying structure of the universe.

Based on Mlodinow's extensive historical research; his studies alongside colleagues such as Richard Feynman and Kip Thorne; and interviews with leading physicists and mathematicians such as Murray Gell-Mann, Edward Witten, and Brian Greene, "Euclid's Window" is an extraordinary blend of rigorous, authoritative investigation and accessible, good-humored storytelling that makes a stunningly original argument asserting the primacy of geometry. For those who have looked through "Euclid's Window, " no space, no thing, and no time will ever be quite the same.

First line

EUCLID was a man who possibly did not discover even one significant law of geometry.

Details

  • Title Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
  • Author Leonard Mlodinow
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Free Press, New York
  • Publication date April 17, 2001
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780684865232 / 0684865238
  • Weight 1.11 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.56 x 5.68 x 1.02 in (24.28 x 14.43 x 2.59 cm)
  • Category Mathematics
  • Library of Congress subjects Geometry - History
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 0054351
  • Dewey Decimal Code 516.009

More Copies for Sale

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Stock photo: cover may vary

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Mlodinow, Leonard

  • Used
  • Good
  • Hardback
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$4.32
A$5.86 Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Free Press, 4/17/2001 12:00:01 A. hardcover. Good. 1.1000 in x 9.3000 in x 5.4000 in. Edge wear, including small tears to edge of dust jacket.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$4.32
A$5.86 Delivery to USA
Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Stock photo: cover may vary

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Mlodinow, Leonard

  • Used
  • Acceptable
Condition
Acceptable
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$8.90
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Free Press. Acceptable. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$8.90
Free Delivery to USA
Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Leonard Mlodinow

  • Used
  • Good
  • Hardback
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
2
Seller
Item price
A$10.17
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Free Press, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$10.17
Free Delivery to USA
Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Leonard Mlodinow

  • Used
  • Good
  • Hardback
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
2
Seller
Item price
A$10.17
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Free Press, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$10.17
Free Delivery to USA
Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Leonard Mlodinow

  • Used
  • Good
  • Hardback
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
2
Seller
Item price
A$10.17
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Free Press, 2001. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. The dust jacket is missing. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$10.17
Free Delivery to USA
Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Leonard Mlodinow

  • Used
  • Very good
  • Hardback
Condition
Very good
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
2
Seller
Item price
A$10.17
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Free Press, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$10.17
Free Delivery to USA
Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Stock photo: cover may vary

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Mlodinow, Leonard

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$12.66
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Simon & Schuster Australia. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$12.66
Free Delivery to USA
Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Stock photo: cover may vary

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Mlodinow, Leonard

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$12.66
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Simon & Schuster Australia. Used - Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$12.66
Free Delivery to USA
Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Stock photo: cover may vary

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Mlodinow, Leonard

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$12.66
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Simon & Schuster Australia. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$12.66
Free Delivery to USA
Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace
Stock photo: cover may vary

Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

by Mlodinow, Leonard

  • Used
Condition
Used
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
9780684865232 / 0684865238
Quantity available
1
Seller
Item price
A$12.66
Free Delivery to USA

Show details

Description:
Simon & Schuster Australia. Used - Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
Add to wish list
Item price
A$12.66
Free Delivery to USA