'An astonishingly readable and informative history of the greatest mathematical bestseller of all time … The writing is vivid and the stories are gripping. Highly recommended ' IAN STEWART, AUTHOR OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
Euclid's Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world. In this sweeping history, Benjamin Wardhaugh traces how the 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.
With stories of influence on every continent, and encounters with the likes of Ptolemy and Isaac Newton, Hobbes and Lewis Carroll, Wardhaugh gives dramatic life to the evolution of mathematics.
Previously published as The Book of Wonders
| ISBN: | 9780008299941 |
| Publication date: | 5th August 2021 |
| Author: | Benjamin Wardhaugh |
| Publisher: | William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 336 pages |
| Genres: |
Ancient history History of ideas Euclidean geometry History of mathematics History of science Philosophy of mathematics |
'An astonishingly readable and informative history of the greatest mathematical bestseller of all time … The writing is vivid and the stories are gripping. Highly recommended ' IAN STEWART, AUTHOR OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURESEuclid's Elements of Geometry was a book that changed the world.
Encounters With Euclid features in the following genres: Ancient history, History of ideas, Euclidean geometry, History of mathematics, History of science, Philosophy of mathematics
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Encounters With Euclid was written by Benjamin Wardhaugh and published by William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Encounters With Euclid has 336 pages
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. Not Available.