Through the Window of Euclid, Leonard Mlodinow takes us on an enjoyable journey through five revolutions in geometry - from the concept of parallel lines to the latest ideas about hyperspace. Here we have a completely new, fresh, alternative history of mathematics, which reveals how simple questions about space, which anyone could ask, have been the hidden driving force behind the highest achievements of science and technology.
Based on Mlodinow's extensive historical research, his studies alongside colleagues (such as Richard Feynman and Kip Thorne), and interviews with prominent physicists and mathematicians (such as Murray Gell-Mann, Edward Witten, and Brian Greene), "Through the Window of Euclid" is an excellent blend of rigorous, accurate research and accessible, enjoyable storytelling, which presents an incredibly original argument in favor of the primacy of geometry. For those who look through the Window of Euclid, no space, no thing, and no time will ever be the same.