TY - BOOK ID - 1158716 TI - Appendix, the theory of space AU - Bolyai, János AU - Kárteszi, Ferenc. AU - Szénássy, Barna. PY - 1987 SN - 0444865284 9780080872490 0080872492 1283293579 9786613293572 9780444865281 PB - Amsterdam ; New York : New York : North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada: Elsevier Science Pub. Co., DB - UniCat KW - Geometry KW - Geometry, Non-Euclidean. KW - Geometry. KW - Mathematics KW - Euclid's Elements KW - Non-Euclidean geometry KW - Parallels (Geometry) KW - Foundations UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:1158716 AB - The epoch-making work of János Bolyai is presented here, together with a supplement outlining Hungarian political and science history to help the reader to get acquainted with the miserable fate of János Bolyai and with his intellectual world. A facsimile of a copy of Bolyai's original 1831 Scientia Spatii (also known as the Appendix) is included, together with a translation. Comments and notes, and a survey of the effects of his work, complete the volume. ER -