Geometry and the Imagination
by Conway, Doyle, Thurston
Publisher: Rutgers University, Newark 2018
Number of pages: 116
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These are notes from an experimental mathematics course entitled Geometry and the Imagination as developed by Conway, Doyle, Thurston and others. The course aims to convey the richness, diversity, connectedness, depth and pleasure of mathematics.
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