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This book offers a unique opportunity to understand the essence of one of the great thinkers of western civilization. A guided reading of Euclid's Elements leads to a critical discussion and rigorous modern treatment of Euclid's geometry and its more recent descendants, with complete proofs.... read more
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A little after the time of Plato, but before Archimedes, in ancient Greece, a man named Euclid wrote the Elements, gathering and improving the work of his predecessors Pythagoras, Theaetetus, and Eudoxus into one magnificent edifice.
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- Robin Hartshorne (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Springer-verlag
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0387986502
Page Count: 544
Publisher: Springer-verlag
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 0387986502
Page Count: 544
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- Dewey: 516
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