Oliver Byrne. The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid (English, French, German, Hardcover, Multilingual edition)

Nearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th-century mathematician Oliver Byrne employed the color scheme for his 1847 edition of Euclid's mathematical and geometric treatise Elements. Byrne's idea was to use color to make learning easier and "diffuse permanent knowledge." The result has been described as one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century. The facsimile of Byrne's vivid publication is now available in a beautiful new edition. A masterwork of art and science, it is as beautiful in the boldness of its red, yellow, and blue figures and diagrams as it is in the mathematical precision of its theories. In the simplicity of forms and colors, the pages anticipate the vigor of De Stijl and Bauhaus design. In making complex information at once accessible and aesthetically engaging, this work is a forerunner to the information graphics that today define much of our data consumption.

General

Imprint:	Taschen
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	May 2022
First published:	2020
Editors:	Taschen
Dimensions:	256 x 205 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	396
Edition:	Multilingual edition
ISBN-13:	978-3-8365-7738-0
Languages:	English • French • German
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > History of mathematics Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > Euclidean geometry Promotions
LSN:	3-8365-7738-0
Barcode:	9783836577380

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