Professor of Mathematics at the University of Essex, Peter Higgins is the author of the successful Mathematics for the Curious, (OUP, 1998), and Techniques of Semigroup Theory.

Everyone can find something interesting.

• PREFACE ; 1. World Travel ; 2. The Travelling World ; 3. The Geometric Picture ; 4. The World of Archimedes ; 5. Reflections and Curves ; 6. Covering the World ; 7. Possible and Impossible Constructions ; 8. For Conoisseurs ; FURTHER READING ; INDEX

Professor of Mathematics at the University of Essex, Peter Higgins is the author of the successful Mathematics for the Curious, (OUP, 1998), and Techniques of Semigroup Theory.

Everyone can find something interesting.

• PREFACE ; 1. World Travel ; 2. The Travelling World ; 3. The Geometric Picture ; 4. The World of Archimedes ; 5. Reflections and Curves ; 6. Covering the World ; 7. Possible and Impossible Constructions ; 8. For Conoisseurs ; FURTHER READING ; INDEX

Professor of Mathematics at the University of Essex, Peter Higgins is the author of the successful Mathematics for the Curious, (OUP, 1998), and Techniques of Semigroup Theory.

Everyone can find something interesting.

• PREFACE ; 1. World Travel ; 2. The Travelling World ; 3. The Geometric Picture ; 4. The World of Archimedes ; 5. Reflections and Curves ; 6. Covering the World ; 7. Possible and Impossible Constructions ; 8. For Conoisseurs ; FURTHER READING ; INDEX