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General Investigations of Curved Surfaces: Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Peter Pesic by Karl Friedrich Gauss,Adam Hiltebeitel,James Morehead,Peter Pesic ISBN: 048644645X Dover Publications Price: $12.95 click here to see this book Long regarded as a masterpiece in content and form, this work defines the concept of surface curvature and presents the important theorem stating that the "Gauss curvature" is invariant under arbitrary isometric deformation of a curved surface. This edition of Gauss's classic features a new introduction, bibliography, and notes by science historian Peter Pesic. 1902 edition. Republication of the Princeton, 1902 edition, with a new introduction and notes by Peter Pesic. Table of Contents for General Investigations of Curved Surfaces: Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Peter Pesic Introduction to the Dover Edition Historical Background Part I. General Investigations of Curved Surfaces (1827) Gauss's Abstract Notes Part II. New General Investigations of Curved Surfaces (1825) Notes Part III. Additional Notes Appendix: Basic Formulas of Spherical Trigonometry Bibliography Index

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