Euclid
Biographical note
Euclid (Greek: Εὐκλείδης — Eukleídēs), fl. 300 BC, also known as Euclid of Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician and is often referred to as the Father of Geometry. He was active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (323 BC – 283 BC). In his work Elements, the principles of what is now called Euclidean geometry were deduced from a small set of axioms. Euclid also wrote works on perspective, conic sections, spherical geometry, number theory and rigor.
Works
- Elements, ed. by D. E. Joyce, trans. by Thomas Little Heath
- Elements (English and Greek), trans. by Thomas Little Heath
The First Six
Books of the Elements of Euclid, and Propositions I.-XXI. of Book XI., and an Appendix on the Cylinder, Sphere, Cone,
Etc., With Copious Annotations and Numerous Exercises (Dublin: Hodges, Figgis and Co., 1885), also by John
Casey
