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

Benjamin Wardhaugh

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Language: English

Published by HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2021

0008299943 / 9780008299941

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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 Euclids Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In this sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how the ancient Greek text on mathematics often hailed as the worlds first textbook shaped two thousand years of art, philosophy and literature, as well as science and maths. With stories of influence on every continent, and encounters with the likes of Ptolemy and Isaac Newton, Hobbes and Lewis Carroll, Wardhaugh gives dramatic life to the evolution of mathematics. Previously published as The Book of Wonders. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Title
Encounters with Euclid: How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the World
Author
Benjamin Wardhaugh
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London
Publication year
2021
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Paperback
Language
English
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0008299943
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9780008299941
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