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Encounters with Euclid

How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the World

Benjamin Wardhaugh

‘For twenty-three centuries the Elements of Geometry has been changing the world.’ Tracing the fortunes of Euclid’s ‘book of wonders’ through those centuries, Benjamin Wardhaugh begins in Ptolemaic Alexandria, the geometer’s city, in around 300 BCE. After discussing how Euclid brought together Greek mathematical learning and set the style of geometrical prose, this history of Elements describes its interpretations and transformations at the hands of mathematicians, thinkers, writers and artists over two millennia. (Previously sold in Postscript as The Book of Wonders: The Many Lives of Euclid's Elements.)

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Product information:
  • Publisher: William Collins
  • Year: 2021
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 414pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 197x128mm
  • ISBN: 9780008299941
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.3kg
Product code:
531563
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