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The king of infinite space : Euclid and his Elements / David Berlinski.

by Berlinski, David, 1942-

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Basic Books, c2013.

Euclid. Elements.

Mathematics, Greek.

Geometry -- History.

9780465014811 (hc.)

046501481X (hc.)

Alternate title:

Euclid and his Elements

xii, 172 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Signs of men -- An abstraction from the gabble -- Common beliefs -- Darker by definition -- The axioms -- The greater Euclid -- Visible and invisible proof -- The devil's offer -- The Euclidean Joint Stock Company -- Euclid the great.

"Euclid’s Elements, arguably the most influential book in the history of mathematics. Renowned mathematics writer David Berlinski provides a concise homage to this elusive mathematician and his staggering achievements. For centuries, scientists and thinkers from Copernicus to Newton to Einstein have relied on Euclid's axiomatic system, a method of proof still taught in classrooms around the world. Euclid's use of elemental logic--and the mathematical statements he and others built from it--have dramatically expanded the frontiers of human knowledge"--Provided by publisher.

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