The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 2 - Euclid

The Thirteen Books of the Elements, Vol. 2 by Euclid is the second volume in a three-volume set presenting the complete English text of all 13 books of the Elements, with critical analysis throughout. This paperback edition covers Books III to IX.

Key details

• Author: Euclid
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 464
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc
• Publication date: 1 February 2000
• ISBN: 9780486600895

Synopsis

Volume 2 forms part of a three-volume scholarly edition that pairs the full English text of Euclid’s Elements with detailed commentary on every definition, postulate and proposition. Alongside close attention to textual and linguistic questions, it examines the mathematical content of Euclid’s ideas and traces how they have been approached by commentators from the classical period through the medieval and Renaissance eras to modern scholarship.

This volume contains Books III to IX, addressing circles, relationships and rectilineal figures, and includes refutations, supporting arguments, extrapolations, reinterpretations and historical notes. It is positioned within science, mathematics and engineering.

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