Hilbert and cohnvossen give perhaps the most concise and lucid description of why a general geometer would care about projective geometry and why such an ostensibly plain setup is truly rich in structure and ideas. In this book, it is our purpose to give a presentation of geometry, as it stands today, in its visual, intuitive aspects. It surely belongs in the pantheon of great mathematics books. This remarkable book endures as a true masterpiece of mathematical exposition. Project gutenberg s the foundations of geometry, by david hilbert this ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. There are few mathematics books that are still so widely read and continue to have so much to offer.
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Several years ago while reading geometry and the imagination, by hilbert and cohnvossen chelsea, 1952, p. David hilbert author of geometry and the imagination. Geometry and the imagination is a mathematics book, written at the popular level by a great mathematician and a younger colleague, but without condescension to the intended audience. Geometry and the imagination david hilbert download. Bibliography in the following list of books we have not attempted to be comprehensive. Hilbert, hilbert and cohnvossen is full of interesting facts, many of which you wish you had known before. Geometry and the imagination is the english translation of the 1932 book anschauliche geometrie by david hilbert and stephan cohnvossen. Pdf mathematics and the imagination download full pdf.
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