
Euler's Gem
The Polyhedron Formula and the Birth of Topology
by David S. Richeson · first published 2008
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Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects--from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. Euler's Gem tells the illuminating story of this indispensable mathematical idea --Front jacket flap.
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