Poetry of the universe /
Robert Osserman.
- 1st Anchor Books trade pbk. ed.
- New York : Anchor Books, 1996.
- xiv, 210 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cm.
"A mathematical exploration of the cosmos"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [174]-200) and index.
Library Journal Starred. Wilson's Public Library. Wilson's Senior High School.
A history of developments in mathematics from the geometry of the ancient Greeks to the twentieth-century concept of fractional dimensions, focusing on how these ideas have influenced theories in physics and expanded our understanding of the structure of the universe.