Euclid's window : the story of geometry from parallel lines to hyperspace

Leonard Mlodinow leads the reader on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to notions of hyperspace.

His narrative takes the form of biographical stories, each about the key figures in the development of geometry, from Euclid who laid the logical foundations, to Albert Einstein who united space and time in a single non-Euclidean geometry.

Here is an altogether refreshing and alternative history of maths revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space - in the living room or in some other galaxy - have been the hidden engine of the highest achievements in science and technology.