![]() ![]() Well, for one thing, it was the first book that laid the foundation of deductive logic-to prove general statements (called propositions) by definitions, general assumptions, and already known propositions. He could have been quite wealthy all the royalties he could have earned (except he would not have cared-there is a well-known story of Euclid embarrassing and humiliating one of his students who wanted to know what he would gain by learning geometry). It’s too bad that the notions of copyrights and intellectual properties did not exist back then. It was the standard book in geometry for over 2000 years, and there are over 1000 editions of the book in hundreds of languages. This book may be the most widely read treatise in world history because no other books have been read longer or by more people, with the exception of the Bible. The reader is encouraged to find out more by doing a search under “non-Euclidean geometry.”Įuclid, who lived around 300 B.C., is best known for his book The Elements, a 13- volume masterpiece laying the foundations of geometry (and some number theory as well). Here, a very abbreviated version of the story is presented.
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