Tristan Needham is professor of mathematics at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of Visual Complex Analysis.
"Finalist for the PROSE Award in Mathematics, Association of
American Publishers"
"Needham proposes to provide a truly geometric 'visual' explication
of differential geometry, and he succeeds brilliantly. I know
nothing like it in the literature."---Frank Morgan, EMS
Magazine
"[The] book offers a truly unique and original take on differential
geometry, and it amply deserves inclusion within the pantheon of
textbook deities."---Eric Poisson, Notices of the AMS
"This is a valuable and beautifully created guide to what can at
first seem a confusing area of mathematical physics. There are
other contenders that try to teach this subject, but this is the
best that I have come across so far and I will continue to enjoy
learning from it (and almost certainly teaching from it) over the
coming years, I am sure."---Jonathan Shock, Mathemafrica
"[Proactively] rethinks the way this important area of mathematics
should be considered and taught."
*MathSciNet*
"The book is a remarkable and highly original approach to the basic
stem of differential geometry. And that mathematical trunk has
roots and branches in so many other unexpected yet related
subjects, each of which can be equally well approached from the
same geometrical point of view."---Adhemar Bultheel, MAA
Reviews
"[Visual Differential Geometry and Forms] its peers. It is fun to
read and provides a unique and intuitive approach to differential
geometry. The author’s passion for the subject is evident
throughout the book. Although Needham’s approach is unorthodox, it
is rewarding, and complements the exposition found in standard
textbooks."---Sean M. Eli & Krešmir Josić, SIAM Review
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