Encounters with Euclid - How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the World

'An astonishingly readable and informative history of the greatest mathematical bestseller of all time ... The writing is vivid and the stories are gripping. Highly recommended ' IAN STEWART, AUTHOR OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

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Benjamin Wardhaugh

Summary

‘An astonishingly readable and informative history of the greatest mathematical bestseller of all time … The writing is vivid and the stories are gripping. Highly recommended ’ IAN STEWART, AUTHOR OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin Wardhaugh
• Publisher: William Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780008299941
• ISBN: 978-0-00-829994-1
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book; 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