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Contents

© 2016 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2016 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. I. Topology and the Idea of Form 11
  5. II. The Mind Imagining 40
  6. III. Disparities in Metaphor 63
  7. IV. Euler Discovers the First Edge 76
  8. V. Vico and the Cycles of Human History 88
  9. VI. “The Round Earth’s Imagined Corners” 102
  10. VII. Notes on a Family of Edges 126
  11. VIII. Shape and the Ethics of Scale 167
  12. IX. “No Man Is an Island” 182
  13. Background Reading 197
  14. Acknowledgments 209
  15. Index 211
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. I. Topology and the Idea of Form 11
  5. II. The Mind Imagining 40
  6. III. Disparities in Metaphor 63
  7. IV. Euler Discovers the First Edge 76
  8. V. Vico and the Cycles of Human History 88
  9. VI. “The Round Earth’s Imagined Corners” 102
  10. VII. Notes on a Family of Edges 126
  11. VIII. Shape and the Ethics of Scale 167
  12. IX. “No Man Is an Island” 182
  13. Background Reading 197
  14. Acknowledgments 209
  15. Index 211
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