Euclid
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Euclid (; ; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the ''Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely dominated the field until the early 19th century. His system, now referred to as Euclidean geometry, involved new innovations in combination with a synthesis of theories from earlier Greek mathematicians, including Eudoxus of Cnidus, Hippocrates of Chios, and Theaetetus. With Archimedes and Apollonius of Perga, Euclid is generally considered among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity, and one of the most influential in the history of mathematics.Very little is known of Euclid's life, and most information comes from the scholars Proclus and Pappus of Alexandria many centuries later. Medieval Islamic mathematicians invented a fanciful biography, and medieval Byzantine and early Renaissance scholars mistook him for the earlier philosopher Euclid of Megara. It is now generally accepted that he spent his career in Alexandria and lived around 300 BC, after Plato's students and before Archimedes. There is some speculation that Euclid studied at the Platonic Academy and later taught at the Musaeum; he is regarded as bridging the earlier Platonic tradition in Athens with the later tradition of Alexandria.
In the ''Elements'', Euclid deduced the theorems from a small set of axioms. He also wrote works on perspective, conic sections, spherical geometry, number theory, and mathematical rigour. In addition to the ''Elements'', Euclid wrote a central early text in the optics field, ''Optics'', and lesser-known works including ''Data'' and ''Phaenomena''. Euclid's authorship of two other texts—''On Divisions of Figures'', ''Catoptrics''—has been questioned. He is thought to have written many now lost works. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 1983Toronto, Ont., Canada : Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, c1983.vi, 425 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. -
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Published 1500Parisii : Per impressore[m] VVolfga[n]gu[m] hopylium, 1500.[3] leaves ; 28 cm. -
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Published 1505Venetiis [Venice] : In [a]edibus Ioannis Tacuini, [1505][240] leaves : ill. (diagrams)Other Authors: “...Euclid...”
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Published 1576En Sevilla : en casa de Alonso de Robies, 1576.121 [i.e. 242], [2] p. : ill. -
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Published 1564Coloniæ, apud Maternum Cholinum, 1564.15 p. l., 159 numb. l. (i.e. 318 p.) diagrs. 17 x 10 cm. -
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Published 1500Parisii : Per impressore[m] VVolfga[n]gu[m] hopylium, 1500.1 online resource ([3] leaves)Center for Research Libraries
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9by Simson, Robert, 1687-1768
Published 1838Philadelphia, Desilver, Thomas, 1838.iv, [5]-416 p. IV pl. (diagrs., 2 fold.) 23 cm.Other Authors: “...Euclid...”
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10Published 1859Wyandot, Kansas : S. D. Macdonald, printer to the Convention, 1859.1 online resource (xlvi, 439, 16 pages)Other Authors: “...Drapier, Ariel E. (Ariel Euclid)...”
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11by Bradwardine, Thomas, 1290?-1349
Published 1495Paris : Guy Marchand, 1495.[44] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.Other Authors: “...Euclid...”
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12by Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280
Published 1984Nijmegen : Ingenium Publishers, 1984.2 v. : ill. ; 21 cm.Other Authors: “...Euclid...”