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Product Identifiers
PublisherLulu Press, Inc.
ISBN-101411626729
ISBN-139781411626720
eBay Product ID (ePID)47525510
Product Key Features
Number of Pages296 Pages
Publication NameEuclid's Elements in Greek:: Books 1-4
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
SubjectGeneral
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics, Science
AuthorRichard Fitzpatrick
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Volume Number Vol. I
SynopsisEuclid's Elements is the most famous mathematical work of classical antiquity, and has had a profound influence on the development of modern Mathematics and Physics. This volume contains the definitive Ancient Greek text of J.L. Heiberg (1883), together with an English translation. For ease of use, the Greek text and the corresponding English text are on facing pages. Moreover, the figures are drawn with both Greek and English symbols. Finally, a helpful Greek/English lexicon explaining Ancient Greek mathematical jargon is appended. Volume I contains Books 1-4, and covers the fundamentals of straight-line and circular geometry, the fundamentals of geometric algebra, and rectilinear figures inscribed in and circumscribed about circles. THIS EDITION IS OBSOLETE. SEE PROJECTS 1400539 OR 1354389 FOR THE LATEST EDITION., Euclid's Elements is the most famous mathematical work of classical antiquity, and has had a profound influence on the development of modern Mathematics and Physics. This volume contains the definitive Ancient Greek text of J.L. Heiberg (1883), together with an English translation. For ease of use, the Greek text and the corresponding English text are on facing pages. Moreover, the figures are drawn with both Greek and English symbols. Finally, a helpful Greek/English lexicon explaining Ancient Greek mathematical jargon is appended. Volume I contains Books 1-4, and covers the fundamentals of straight-line and circular geometry, the fundamentals of geometric algebra, and rectilinear figures inscribed in and circumscribed about circles.