Download or read book Prelude to Mathematics written by W. W. Sawyer and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively, stimulating account of non-Euclidean geometry by a noted mathematician covers matrices, determinants, group theory, and many other related topics, with an emphasis on the subject's novel, striking aspects. 1955 edition.