A Long Way from Euclid

by Constance Bowman Reid

Lively guide by a prominent historian focuses on the role of Euclid's "Elements" in subsequent mathematical developments. Elementary algebra and plane geometry are sole prerequisites. 80 drawings. 1963 edition.

Genres: Mathematics

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm going to count this as read, because I did read the whole thing, although there were large chunks that I didn't understand. I'll try again someday, and hopefully get more of it.

[Timothy Allen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I had read this book the first time that I saw it, when I was 12 years old. It is a wonderful survey of a lot of the fields of modern mathematics. It’s fairly accessible.