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The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Books 1 - 2

by Euclid · 1956

The Elements series

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Volume 1 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the Elementsplus 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. Vol. 1 includes Introduction, Books 1-2: Triangles, rectangles.

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