Encounters with Euclid : how an ancient Greek geometry text shaped the world
Wardhaugh, Benjamin, 1979-2021
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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.
Main title:
Encounters with Euclid : how an ancient Greek geometry text shaped the world / Benjamin Wardhaugh.
Author:
Wardhaugh, Benjamin, 1979-, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2021.
Collation:
336 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9780008299941 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
510
Language:
English
BRN:
2251649