Name: The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Volume 2 (Books III–IX)
ISBN: 9780486600895

The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Volume 2 (Books III–IX)

Euclid info, Thomas L. Heath info

First published 300 BC

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About this book

Circles, proportion (Eudoxus) and the number theory books, including the infinitude of primes.

The authors

333–284 BC · ancient Greek mathematician

His Elements was used as a textbook for over 2,000 years.

1861–1940 · British civil servant, mathematician and classicist

Profession: Mathematician, Linguist
Worked at: Exchequer, Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt
Studied at: Cambridge
Prizes: Fellow of the Royal Society (1912), Fellow of the British Academy (1932)

A Treasury civil servant who translated Greek mathematics in his spare time.

Prerequisite: The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Volume 1 (Books I–II) (Euclid)

Then read: The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements, Volume 3 (Books X–XIII) (Euclid)

Recommended: Heath translation (Dover)

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5 editions · 1 hardcover, 2 paperback

First published 300 BC

Earliest edition listed: 1956 · Dover Publications · Paperback · 2 edition

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