The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 2: Books 3-9
Book Details
Author(s)
Thomas L. Heath
Publisher
Dover Publications
ISBN / ASIN
0486600890
ISBN-13
9780486600895
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In Stock
Sales Rank
#84
Category
Mathematics
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Volume 2 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the Elements plus critical analysis of each definition, postulate, and proposition. Covers textual and linguistic matters; mathematical analyses of Euclid's ideas; classical, medieval, Renaissance and modern commentators; refutations, supports, extrapolations, reinterpretations and historical notes. Vol. 2 includes Books III-IX: Circles, relationships, rectilineal figures.
