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“amir alexander”

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  • Infinitesimal

    How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

    by Amir Alexander ...
    Pulsing with drama and excitement, Infinitesimal celebrates the spirit of discovery, innovation, and intellectual achievement-and it will forever change the way you look at a simple line.On August 10, 1632, five men in flowing black robes convened in a somber Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a deceptively simple proposition: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and infinitely tiny parts ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Proof!

    How the World Became Geometrical

    by Amir Alexander ...
    A "lucid and convincingly argued" narrative of how ancient geometric principles continue to shape the contemporary world ( Publishers Weekly).On a cloudy day in 1413, a balding young man stood at the entrance to the Cathedral of Florence, facing the ancient Baptistery across the piazza. As puzzled passers-by looked on, he raised a small painting to his face, then held a mirror in front of the ... Read more

    $20.19 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Liberty's Grid

    A Founding Father, a Mathematical Dreamland, and the Shaping of America

    by Amir Alexander ...
    The surprising history behind a ubiquitous facet of the United States: the gridded landscape.Seen from an airplane, much of the United States appears to be a gridded land of startling uniformity. Perpendicular streets and rectangular fields, all precisely measured and perfectly aligned, turn both urban and rural America into a checkerboard landscape that stretches from horizon to horizon. In ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Proof!

    How the World Became Geometrical

    by Amir Alexander ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Todd Ross ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 47 min

    An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our worldOne night in 1661, Nicholas Fouquet, a superintendent under Louis XIV, was arrested. His crime was peculiar: he had dared to construct a grand geometrical garden. In doing so, he violated an irrefutable hierarchy: that geometry, in its perfection, was a testament to divine right. The elegant, symmetrical designs ... Read more

    $19.95 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook