T. L. Heath , the historian of mathematics , has suggested that the Greek mathematician Oenopides ( ca. 440 BC ) was the first to put compass and straightedge constructions above `` neuseis '' .
T. L. Heath , the historian of mathematics , thought that the Greek mathematician Oenopides ( ca. 440 BC ) was the first to put compass and straightedge constructions above `` neuseis '' .