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

Wardhaugh, Benjamin

ISBN 10: 0008299943 / ISBN 13: 9780008299941

Published by William Collins, 2021

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All pages and cover are intact. Dust jacket included if applicable, though it may be missing on hardcover editions. Spine and cover may show minor signs of wear including scuff marks, curls or bends to corners as well as cosmetic blemishes including stickers. Pages may contain limited notes or highlighting. "From the library of" labels may be present. Shrink wrap, dust covers, or boxed set packaging may be missing. Bundled media e.g., CDs, DVDs, access codes may not be included.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Encounters with Euclid: How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the World
• Publisher: William Collins
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008299943
• ISBN 13: 9780008299941
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

‘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

Euclid’s 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 world’s 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