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Author : Euclid
Release : 2002
Genre : Mathematics
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Book Synopsis Euclid's Elements by : Euclid
Download or read book Euclid's Elements written by Euclid. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book includes introductions, terminology and biographical notes, bibliography, and an index and glossary" --from book jacket.
Author : Euclid
Release : 2008
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Book Synopsis Euclid's Elements of Geometry by : Euclid
Download or read book Euclid's Elements of Geometry written by Euclid. This book was released on 2008. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EUCLID'S ELEMENTS OF GEOMETRY, in Greek and English. The Greek text of J.L. Heiberg (1883-1885), edited, and provided with a modern English translation, by Richard Fitzpatrick.[Description from Wikipedia: ] The Elements (Ancient Greek: Στοιχεῖον Stoikheîon) is a mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books (all included in this volume) attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt c. 300 BC. It is a collection of definitions, postulates, propositions (theorems and constructions), and mathematical proofs of the propositions. The books cover plane and solid Euclidean geometry, elementary number theory, and incommensurable lines. Elements is the oldest extant large-scale deductive treatment of mathematics. It has proven instrumental in the development of logic and modern science, and its logical rigor was not surpassed until the 19th century.
Author : Daniel Cresswell
Release : 1819
Genre : Geometry
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Book Synopsis A Treatise of Geometry, Containing the First Six Books of Euclid's Elements by : Daniel Cresswell
Download or read book A Treatise of Geometry, Containing the First Six Books of Euclid's Elements written by Daniel Cresswell. This book was released on 1819. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Benjamin Wardhaugh
Release : 2023-11-14
Genre : Mathematics
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Book Rating : 767/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Encounters with Euclid by : Benjamin Wardhaugh
Download or read book Encounters with Euclid written by Benjamin Wardhaugh. This book was released on 2023-11-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping cultural history of one of the most influential mathematical books ever written Euclid's Elements of Geometry is one of the fountainheads of mathematics—and of culture. Written around 300 BCE, it has traveled widely across the centuries, generating countless new ideas and inspiring such figures as Isaac Newton, Bertrand Russell, Abraham Lincoln, and Albert Einstein. Encounters with Euclid tells the story of this incomparable mathematical masterpiece, taking readers from its origins in the ancient world to its continuing influence today. In this lively and informative book, Benjamin Wardhaugh explains how Euclid’s text journeyed from antiquity to the Renaissance, introducing some of the many readers, copyists, and editors who left their mark on the Elements before handing it on. He shows how some read the book as a work of philosophy, while others viewed it as a practical guide to life. He examines the many different contexts in which Euclid's book and his geometry were put to use, from the Neoplatonic school at Athens and the artisans' studios of medieval Baghdad to the Jesuit mission in China and the workshops of Restoration London. Wardhaugh shows how the Elements inspired ideas in theology, art, and music, and how the book has acquired new relevance to the strange geometries of dark matter and curved space. Encounters with Euclid traces the life and afterlives of one of the most remarkable works of mathematics ever written, revealing its lasting role in the timeless search for order and reason in an unruly world.
Author : Robin Hartshorne
Release : 2013-11-11
Genre : Mathematics
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Book Rating : 761/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Geometry: Euclid and Beyond by : Robin Hartshorne
Download or read book Geometry: Euclid and Beyond written by Robin Hartshorne. This book was released on 2013-11-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a unique opportunity to understand the essence of one of the great thinkers of western civilization. A guided reading of Euclid's Elements leads to a critical discussion and rigorous modern treatment of Euclid's geometry and its more recent descendants, with complete proofs. Topics include the introduction of coordinates, the theory of area, history of the parallel postulate, the various non-Euclidean geometries, and the regular and semi-regular polyhedra.
