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Portraits of the earth: a mathematician looks at maps

Maps are exciting, visual tools that we encounter on a daily basis: from street maps to maps of the world accompanying news stories to geologic maps depicting the underground structure of the earth. This book explores the mathematical ideas involved in creating and analyzing maps, a topic that is ra...

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Autor principal: Feeman, Timothy G
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: American Mathematical Society 2002
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2230386