Description: Vol. 1 (Books I and II) EUCLID: The Thirteen Books of the Elements (ISBN# 978-0-486-60088-8) in Like New condition.This edition is Translated with introduction and commentary by Sir Thomas L. Heath - Second Edition Unabridged This is the definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time — the full Euclid, not an abridgement. Using the text established by Heiberg, Sir Thomas Heath encompasses almost 2,500 years of mathematical and historical study upon Euclid. This unabridged republication of the original enlarged edition contains the complete English text of all 13 books of the Elements, plus a critical apparatus that analyzes each definition, postulate, and proposition in great detail. It covers textual and linguistic matters; mathematical analyses of Euclid’s ideas; classical, medieval, Renaissance, modern commentators; refutations, supports, extrapolations, reinterpretations, and historical notes, all given with extensive quotes. “The textbook that shall really replace Euclid has not yet been written and probably never will be.” — Encyclopedia Britannica. Volume 1. 151-page Introduction: life and other works of Euclid; Greek and Islamic commentators; surviving mss., scholia, translations; bases of Euclid’s thought. Books I and II of The Elements, straight lines, angles, intersection of lines, triangles, parallelograms, etc. This book is stored in a pet-free and smoke-free location.
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Item Height: 1 in
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education, High School
Number of Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Name: Thirteen Books of the Elements
Language: English
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1956
Subject: History & Philosophy, Geometry / General
Item Weight: 18.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Mathematics
Author: Euclid
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: Dover Books on Mathematics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
