Euclid

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Book 13 of his "Elements" deals with regular solids Euclid $400 DJ TEEN MATH 2018-11-07 #7858
This "Father of Geometry" founded the school of mathematics at the Museum, an institution in Alexandria Euclid $800 DJ MATHEMATICIANS 2014-03-27 #6804
In books 1 through 4 of his "Elements", he covered the rudiments of plane geometry Euclid $400 DJ GEOMETRY 2010-02-03 #5848
One of this ancient Greek mathematician's axioms is that all right angles are congruent Euclid $1,200 DJ GEOMETRY 2006-05-24 #5008
The first known set of geometric axioms appeared around 300 B.C. in this Greek's book "Elements" Euclid $200 J GEOMETRY 2005-05-13 #4775
In the 19th century William Clifford jumped on the bandwagon of geometry not based on this Greek Euclid $800 DJ MATHEMATICIANS 2002-09-04 #4138
This Greek mathematician's 13-volume work "Elements" is the basis for modern-day geometry Euclid $200 J GEOMETRY 2002-03-07 #4039
This Greek's "Elements" deal with the theories of earlier scholars like Eudoxus of Cnidus Euclid $1,000 DJ MILESTONES IN MATH 1997-12-26 #3070
About 300 B.C., he postulated "a straight line can be drawn from any point to any other point" Euclid $500 J MATHEMATICS 1988-04-13 #843
A king complained "The elements were difficult", but this Greek replied, "There is no royal way to geometry" Euclid $1,000 DJ MATHEMATICS 1987-11-04 #728
In 300 B.C., students who skipped his class in Alexanderia missed the "Elements" of geometry Euclid $800 DJ MATHEMATICS 1987-05-13 #633
Trigonometry is another angle of the geometry developed in his "Elements" Euclid $400 DJ MATHEMATICS 1986-04-09 #413
His "Elements" is the basis for the modern science of geometry Euclid $1,000 DJ GEOMETRY 1985-04-02 #147
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