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| − | Janos Bolyai was a Hungarian mathematician in the nineteenth century. He was the son of Farkas Bolyai, another mathematician, who was a friend and colleague of the great German mathematician [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]]. Janos Bolyai invented non-Euclidean geometry at the same time as and independently of his rival the Russian mathematician and astronomer Nikolai Lobachevsky. Non-Euclidean geometry is a form of geometry which differs from traditional Euclidean geometry in that it rejects Euclidean geometry's fifth postulate that parallel lines can never intersect. | + | '''Janos Bolyai''' was a [[Hungarian]] [[mathematician]] in the nineteenth century. He was the son of Farkas Bolyai, another mathematician, who was a friend and colleague of the great [[German]] mathematician [[Carl Friedrich Gauss]]. Janos Bolyai invented non-Euclidean [[geometry]] at the same time as and independently of his rival, the [[Russian]] mathematician and [[astronomer]] Nikolai Lobachevsky. Non-Euclidean geometry is a form of geometry which differs from traditional Euclidean geometry in that it rejects Euclidean geometry's fifth |
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| + | *[[Bjorn Lomborg]] | ||
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Revision as of 22:48, November 26, 2007
Janos Bolyai was a Hungarian mathematician in the nineteenth century. He was the son of Farkas Bolyai, another mathematician, who was a friend and colleague of the great German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss. Janos Bolyai invented non-Euclidean geometry at the same time as and independently of his rival, the Russian mathematician and astronomer Nikolai Lobachevsky. Non-Euclidean geometry is a form of geometry which differs from traditional Euclidean geometry in that it rejects Euclidean geometry's fifth == postulate that parallel lines can never intersect. See also ==