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"A biography of ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, known as the father of geometry and author of the mathematics textbook Elements"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Paul W. Hightower
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766034099
"A biography of ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, known as the father of geometry and author of the mathematics textbook Elements"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Josette Campbell
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 36,30 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1499461283
Euclid, a Greek mathematician, flourished around 300 BCE. It was he who shaped geometry into what it is today. As a result, he became known as the father of geometry. Euclid founded his own school in Alexandria, Egypt, and gained a reputation as an exceptional geometry teacher. The Elements, his thirteen-volume treatise on mathematics and geometry, was considered to be one of the most influential mathematical works in history. Readers consider some of the definitions and postulates from this great work. They also learn about ancient Greek civilization and the renowned Greek mathematicians and philosophers who influenced Euclid's thinking.
Author : Euclid
Publisher :
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 22,10 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Mathematics
ISBN :
"The book includes introductions, terminology and biographical notes, bibliography, and an index and glossary" --from book jacket.
Author : Chris Hayhurst
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 41,56 MB
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781404204973
Biography of Greek mathematician Euclid describing the lasting influence he has had on the field of geometry.
Author : Heather Hasan
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 20,51 MB
Release : 2005-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781404207745
Describes the life and ideas of the Greek philosopher whose principles greatly influenced mathematics and physics.
Author : Euclid
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 49,6 MB
Release : 2017-04-30
Category :
ISBN : 9781546376675
Euclid's Elements is a mathematical and geometric treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt circa 300 BC. It is a collection of definitions, postulates (axioms), propositions (theorems and constructions), and mathematical proofs of the propositions. The books cover Euclidean geometry and the ancient Greek version of elementary number theory. The work also includes an algebraic system that has become known as geometric algebra, which is powerful enough to solve many algebraic problems, including the problem of finding the square root of a number. Elements is the second-oldest extant Greek mathematical treatise after Autolycus' On the Moving Sphere, and it is the oldest extant axiomatic deductive treatment of mathematics. It has proven instrumental in the development of logic and modern science. According to Proclus, the term "element" was used to describe a theorem that is all-pervading and helps furnishing proofs of many other theorems. The word 'element' in the Greek language is the same as 'letter'. This suggests that theorems in the Elements should be seen as standing in the same relation to geometry as letters to language. Later commentators give a slightly different meaning to the term element, emphasizing how the propositions have progressed in small steps, and continued to build on previous propositions in a well-defined order.
Author : Euclid
Publisher :
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 36,32 MB
Release : 1817
Category : Geometry
ISBN :
Author : Shoo Rayner
Publisher :
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 22,27 MB
Release : 2017-11-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781908944368
Geometry is brought to life as Euclid explains principles of Geometry to his friends. With jokes and lots of illustrations, discover the beauty of geometry and, before you know it, you too will soon be a friend of Euclid! Shoo Rayner adds humour and simplicity to a tricky subject. A perfect introduction.
Author : Edward C. Wallace
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 11,94 MB
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1478632046
Now available from Waveland Press, the Third Edition of Roads to Geometry is appropriate for several kinds of students. Pre-service teachers of geometry are provided with a thorough yet accessible treatment of plane geometry in a historical context. Mathematics majors will find its axiomatic development sufficiently rigorous to provide a foundation for further study in the areas of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry. By using the SMSG postulate set as a basis for the development of plane geometry, the authors avoid the pitfalls of many “foundations of geometry” texts that encumber the reader with such a detailed development of preliminary results that many other substantive and elegant results are inaccessible in a one-semester course. At the end of each section is an ample collection of exercises of varying difficulty that provides problems that both extend and clarify results of that section, as well as problems that apply those results. At the end of chapters 3–7, a summary list of the new definitions and theorems of each chapter is included.
Author : Mathematical Association of America
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 23,18 MB
Release : 2003-01-09
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780521531627
Collection of popular articles on geometry from distinguished mathematicians and educationalists.