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The Poincaré Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the Universe

The language of mathematics

Donald O’Shea
Allen Lane, pp. 292pp, ££17.99,
Alexander Masters
Wednesday, 19th September 2007

‘I find that the earth is not as round as it is described, but it is shaped like a pear,’ Christopher Columbus wrote after his return from America, ‘with a woman’s nipple in one place, and this projecting part is highest and nearest heaven.’

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