Euclid
Paperback | Pages: 499 pages Rating: 4.3 | 2855 Users | 67 Reviews
Details Containing Books Euclid's Elements
| Title | : | Euclid's Elements |
| Author | : | Euclid |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 499 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2002 by Green Lion Press (first published -290) |
| Categories | : | Science. Mathematics. Classics. Philosophy. Nonfiction |
Description Toward Books Euclid's Elements
Green Lion Press has prepared a new one-volume edition of T.L. Heath's translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. In keeping with Green Lion's design commitment, diagrams have been placed on every spread for convenient reference while working through the proofs; running heads on every page indicate both Euclid's book number and proposition numbers for that page; and adequate space for notes is allowed between propositions and around diagrams. The all-new index has built into it a glossary of Euclid's Greek terms.Heath's translation has stood the test of time, and, as one done by a renowned scholar of ancient mathematics, it can be relied upon not to have inadvertantly introduced modern concepts or nomenclature.
We have excised the voluminous historical and scholarly commentary that swells the Dover edition to three volumes and impedes classroom use of the original text. The single volume is not only more convenient, but less expensive as well.
List Books As Euclid's Elements
| Original Title: | Euclid's Elements |
| ISBN: | 1888009195 (ISBN13: 9781888009194) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Containing Books Euclid's Elements
Ratings: 4.3 From 2855 Users | 67 ReviewsRate Containing Books Euclid's Elements
Euclids Elements is one of the oldest surviving works of mathematics, and the very oldest that uses an axiomatic framework. As such, it is a landmark in the history of Western thought, and has proven so enduring that the Elements has been used nearly continuously since being written, only recently falling out of favor.Not much is known about Euclid, other than that he must have been an unparalleled genius. Nothing about his personality can be gleaned from this book either, other than that he wasI am rating this primarily to boost its 4.64 average rating. I feel ridiculous reviewing it.This book is good, and people with cerebral cortexes know that.For reference, one person who gave it one star gave Allan Moore's "Watchmen" "graphic novel" (read: comic book) 4 stars.. . . If this book is not perfection, I am not sure what perfection entails.The Elements is one of the ten most important, if not best, books ever written. There is no better course in deductive logic, much less geometry.
A wonderful edition: the very well written introduction provides the perfect context to Euclid's work, the content id printed beautifully and is approachable by anybody, the original author's line of thought comes through clearly.It hits both my analytical need to have all Euclid's statements in one place, my historical curiosity to see how it was initially devised such a seminal work, and my sciwntifi curiosity to understand it all.It's like reading the manuscript of Bach's "Art of the fugue"
Sometimes when I'm maximizing production functions I weep bitterly and think of my time with this book.
Some geniuses would give this book a bad review. Surely they can refute some of Euclid's proofs and are not spiteful because they didn't get past the Axioms section. I don't understand how Euclid managed to accomplish the proofs in this book without the use of algebra. It also contains THE algorithm that invented the concept of the algorithm. And the fucker proved it geometrically to show off...come to think of it, I can understand why people would hate this book. Euclid was a smartass.
Wikipedia: "Euclid's Elements is the most successful and influential textbook ever written." Sounds promising :]
There are three crucial science books in the history of mankind. This is one of them. I have no idea how this guy could devise these ideas so soon. Enormously influential. Forget sudokus, the problems here are more interesting.
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