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I haven't read many of these 'Very short introductions', and some I've dipped into have been disappointing.
bVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. But this book revealed to me what I've secretly suspected for a long time: that I actually really, really like math, despite being terrible at it (it was actually my favorite subject until the 3rd grade. all this being said, this book is great for someone who has had mathematics in high school and knows what's what.
It takes readers from Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, to curved spaces, and the geometry of space-time inside a black hole, and outlines the role geometry plays in the broader context of science and art.
especially in the 3rd part which is titled "Proofs", part 5 with dimensions and part 6 with Geometry. This Very Short Introduction covers the areas of mathematics falling under geometry, starting with topics such as Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, and ranging to curved spaces, projective geometry in Renaissance art, and geometry of space-time inside a black hole.Maciej Dunajski is a Fellow of Clare College, and a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge.