The father of geometry
Subtitle: Euclid and his 3-D world
By: Paul Hightower.
Series: Great minds of ancient science and math
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766034099
Subjects: Euclid; Mathematicians -- Greece -- Biography; Mathematics, Greek; Geometry -- History
Genres: Biography
Description: "A biography of ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, known as the father of geometry and author of the mathematics textbook Elements"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The life of Euclid; title: Geometry before Euclid; title: Plane geometry; title: The theory of numbers; title: Solid geometry; title: Euclid's parallel postulate; title: Euclid and the sciences; title: History views Euclid.