Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology Reprint Edition

Euler's Gem: The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology Reprint Edition

Author(s): David S. Richeson (Author, Preface)

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication Date: July 23, 2019
• Edition: Reprint
• Language: English
• Print length: 336 pages
• ISBN-10: 0691191379
• ISBN-13: 9780691191379

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