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