The Book of Wonders - The Many Lives of Euclid's Elements

Euclid's Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In a sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how an ancient Greek text on mathematics - often hailed as the world's first textbook - shaped two thousand years of art, philosophy and literature, as well as science and maths.

About the author

Benjamin Wardhaugh is a Fifty-pound Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. His research focuses on the history of numeracy and mathematics, and the ways mathematics influences and is a part of cultures. His work focuses mainly on topics in early modern Britain, including mathematical music theory in that period. He has taught in both the Mathematical Institute and the History Faculty. He is the author of Gunpowder and Geometry and Encounters with Euclid.

Summary

Euclid's Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In a sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how an ancient Greek text on mathematics - often hailed as the world's first textbook - shaped two thousand years of art, philosophy and literature, as well as science and maths.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Wardhaugh
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780008299910
• ISBN: 978-0-00-829991-0
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, History of Ideas, HISTORY / Civilization, Ancient Greece, EDUCATION / History, MATHEMATICS / Geometry / Algebraic, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, Italy, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Science, Philosophy of Mathematics, Ancient History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History of mathematics, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Euclidean geometry