"Numerous diagrams illustrate the concepts; additional art includes
woodcuts, details from period books and paintings, and
photographs.... A valuable resource."--School Library Journal
"Insightful perspective."--Booklist
"Numerous diagrams illustrate the concepts; additional art includes
woodcuts, details from period books and paintings, and
photographs.... A valuable resource."--School Library Journal
"Contains many interesting details on the life of a scientist and
mathematician who, working in obscurity in a remote part of Poland,
revised a world view that had prevailed for the previous 1500
years. It provides great support and enrichment for a topic that is
included in most middle and secondary school curricula."--NSTA
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