Encounters with Euclid - How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the World (Paperback)

‘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

General

Imprint:	William Collins Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2021
Authors:	Benjamin Wardhaugh
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	416
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-829994-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > History > General
LSN:	0-00-829994-3
Barcode:	9780008299941

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