| The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 3: Volume 3 Contributor(s): Euclid (Author), Heath, Thomas L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0486600904 ISBN-13: 9780486600901 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $27.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1956 Annotation: Volume 1 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the "Elements" plus critical apparatus analyzing each definition, postulate and proposition in great detail. Covers textual and linguistic matters; mathematical analyses of Euclid's ideas; commentators; refutations, supports, extrapolations, reinterpretations and historical notes. Includes 2,500 years of critical commentary. Total in set: 995 figures. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - General - Mathematics | Arithmetic - Mathematics | History & Philosophy |
| Dewey: 513 |
| LCCN: 56004336 |
| Series: Dover Books on Mathematics |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.48" W x 8.06" (1.20 lbs) 560 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time--the full Euclid, not an abridgement. Utilizing the text established by Heiberg, Sir Thomas Heath encompasses almost 2500 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 which analyzes each definition, postulate, and proposition in great detail. It covers textual and linguistic matters; mathematical anayses 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, Encyclopaedia Britannica. |