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100			_aGorini, Catherine A. _988935
245		4	_aThe facts on file geometry handbook. / _cCatherine A. Gorini.
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bFacts on File, _cc2003.
300			_aviii, _b280 p. : ill. _c24 cm.
520			_aContains approximately 3,000 entries accompanied by labeled diagrams to help clarify meanings of terms. Includes biographies of more than 300 scientists and mathematicians from ancient times to the present whose discoveries have contributed to the understanding and appreciation of geometry. Cites significant events like Thales's prediction of a solar eclipse using mathematical methods, John Napier's announcement of logarithms, Johan Lumbert's proof that pi is irrational, Albert Enstein's formulation of his theory of relativity, Buckminster Fuller's invention of geodesic dome, James Gleick's publication of Chaos:Making a New Science, etc.
650			_aGeometry _2sears
700			_aGeometry handbook _988936
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