Euclid Historical People Geometry

Euclid Historical People Geometry

Euclid

Euclid (circa 300 B.C.E.) is most famous for his book Elements, which for a long time was the book on geometry, and remains a classic and useful reference. It has also had a large influence on mathematics in general, because it was one of the first attempts at formalism. While the original book was destroyed, several translations are available in libraries, and copies of those translations are available in multiple forms on the web, including with interactive applets to illustrate the theorems.

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- Discussion forum and live chat devoted to Euclid's life and works.
- Welcome to the Platonic Solids as Demonstrated in Book Thirteen of Euclid's Elements.
- The Elements as a hypertext.
- Oliver Byrne's edition of Euclid with colours used instead of labels. A beautiful piece of artwork.
- Pages giving the full Heath text of Euclid's Elements, together with the Greek text.
- A proof of one of Euclid's theorems in verse, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
- New edition of the text of Heath, transformed into an extensively illustrated edition.
- Essay by Jane-Marie Wright, Suffolk County Community College, NY.
- An essay on the Elements (by Don Allen).
- This dynamically illustrated edition of Euclid's Elements includes 13 books on plane geometry, geometric and abstract algebra, number theory, incommensurables, and solid geometry.

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