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    Euclid: The Life and Legacy of the Ancient Greek Mathematician Who Pioneered Geometry

    Narrated by Steve Knupp ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 30 min

    Of the many mathematical advances made by the Greeks, none rival those established by Euclid of Alexandria, who likely remains the most famous ancient mathematician despite the fact little is actually known about his life. He revolutionized geometry, mathematics, and astronomy in Alexandria, Egypt, around 300 BCE, yet left almost no clues about his life story. Historians know he was a trailblazing ... Read more

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  • Backlands

    The Canudos Campaign

    Translated by Elizabeth Lowe ...
    An important new translation of a fundamental work of Brazilian literatureWritten by a former army lieutenant, civil engineer, and journalist, Backlands is Euclides da Cunha's vivid and poignant portrayal of Brazil's infamous War of Canudos. The deadliest civil war in Brazilian history, the conflict during the 1890s was between the government and the village of Canudos in the northeastern state of ... Read more

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  • The First Six Books Of The Elements Of Euclid

    by Euclid, Casey John ...
    The First Six Books Of The Elements Of Euclid By John Casey And EuclidAuthor Casey, John, 1820-1891Author Euclid ... Read more

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  • The Tunbridge World's Fair

    Series series Images of America
    Since its opening in 1867, the Tunbridge World's Fair has drawn hundreds of thousands of people to its one-of-a-kind event, showcasing the best of regional agriculture and entertainment. The fair, originally intended to determine who owned the fastest horse or best-looking cow, began as an improvised event in farmer Elisha Lougee's North Tunbridge pasture and quickly grew into the complex it is ... Read more

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  • Oliver Byrne's Elements of Euclid

    The First Six Books with Coloured Diagrams and Symbols (Art Meets Science Edition)

    In one of the most striking editions in the history of mathematical publishing, Oliver Byrne combines Euclid's geometric theories with colour proofs, turning what was already a cornerstone academic text into a work of art.First published in 1847, Oliver Byrne's Elements of Euclid reworks the first six books of Euclid's Elements, the classic books of geometry written by the ancient Greek ... Read more

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  • The Elements of Euclid for the Use of Schools and Colleges (Illustrated)

    The subject of Plane Geometry is here presented to the student arranged in six books, and each book is subdivided into propositions. To assist the student in following the steps of the reasoning, references are given to the results already obtained which are required in the demonstration.The books cover plane and solid Euclidean geometry, elementary number theory, and incommensurable lines. ... Read more

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  • Here's Looking at Euclid

    A Surprising Excursion Through the Astonishing World of Math

    by Alex Bellos ...
    Too often math gets a bad rap, characterized as dry and difficult. But, Alex Bellos says, "math can be inspiring and brilliantly creative. Mathematical thought is one of the great achievements of the human race, and arguably the foundation of all human progress. The world of mathematics is a remarkable place."Bellos has traveled all around the globe and has plunged into history to uncover ... Read more

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  • Rebellion in the Backlands

    Translated by Samuel Putnam ...
    An unforgettable epic history of war and rebellion that has been called "the Bible of Brazilian nationality."Euclides da Cunha's classic account of the brutal campaigns against religious mystic Antonio Conselheiro has been praised by readers around the world as perhaps the greatest book ever written about Brazil. An epic of nonfiction that reads like a novel, it has been hailed by the likes of ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • The Scramble for the Amazon and the Lost Paradise of Euclides da Cunha

    A "compelling and elegantly written" history of the fight for the Amazon basin and the work of a brilliant but overlooked Brazilian intellectual ( Times Literary Supplement, UK).The fortunes of the late nineteenth century's imperial powers depended on a single raw material—rubber—with only one source: the Amazon basin. This scenario ignited a decades-long conflict that found Britain, France, ... Read more

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  • Euclid's Window

    The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

    Through Euclid's Window Leonard Mlodinow brilliantly and delightfully leads us on a journey through five revolutions in geometry, from the Greek concept of parallel lines to the latest notions of hyperspace. Here is an altogether new, refreshing, alternative history of math revealing how simple questions anyone might ask about space -- in the living room or in some other galaxy -- have been the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid

    by Euclid, John Casey ...
    The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid is a foundational mathematical text that has shaped the study of geometry for over two millennia. Originally written by the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid around 300 BCE, this work presents the essential principles of plane geometry in a logical and systematic manner. The book is divided into six sections, each building upon the previous, and ... Read more

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  • Delphi Collected Works of Euclid (Illustrated)

    Series Book 96 - Delphi Ancient Classics
    The father of geometry, Euclid was a Greek mathematician active in Alexandria during the reign of Ptolemy I (323-283 BC). His treatise on geometry, ‘Elements’, is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics, serving as the main textbook for teaching mathematics from the time of its first publication until the early twentieth century. In the ‘Elements’, Euclid deduces the ... Read more

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