Author | Artmann, Benno. author |
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Title | EuclidโThe Creation of Mathematics [electronic resource] / by Benno Artmann |
Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 1999 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1412-0 |
Descript | XVI, 349 p. online resource |
1 General Historical Remarks -- 2 The Contents of the Elements -- 3 The Origin of Mathematics 1: The Testimony of Eudemus -- 4 Euclid Book I: Basic Geometry -- 5 The Origin of Mathematics 2: Parallels and Axioms -- 6 The Origin of Mathematics 3: Pythagoras of Samos -- 7 Euclid Book II: The Geometry of Rectangles -- 8 The Origin of Mathematics 4: Squaring the Circle -- 9 Euclid Book III: About the Circle -- 10 The Origin of Mathematics 5: Problems and Theories -- 11 Euclid Book IV: Regular Polygons -- 12 The Origin of Mathematics 6: The Birth of Rigor -- 13 The Origin of Mathematics 7: Polygons After Euclid -- 14 Euclid Book V: The General Theory of Proportions -- 15 Euclid Book VI:Similarity Geometry -- 16 The Origin of Mathematics 8: Be Wise, Generalize -- 17 Euclid Book VII: Basic Arithmetic -- 18 The Origin of Mathematics 9: Nicomachus and Diophantus -- 19 Euclid Book VIII: Numbers in Continued Proportion, the Geometry of Numbers -- 20 The Origin of Mathematics 10: Tools and Theorems -- 21 Euclid Book IX: Miscellaneous Topics from Arithmetic -- 22 The Origin of Mathematics 11: Math Is Beautiful -- 23 Euclid Book X: Incommensurable Magnitudes 23.1 Commensurability and Its Relation to Other Notions 227 -- 24 The Origin of Mathematics 12: Incommensurability and Irrationality -- 25 Euclid Book XI: Solid Geometry -- 26 The Origin of Mathematics 13: The Role of Definitions -- 27 Euclid Book XII: Volume by Limits -- 28 The Origin of Mathematics 14: The Taming of the Infinite -- 29 Euclid Book XIII: Regular Polyhedra -- 30 The Origin of Mathematics 15: Symmetry Through the Ages -- 31 The Origin of Mathematics 16: The Origin of the Elements -- Notes