The First Six Books Of The Elements Of Euclid Vol 1

Author : Dionysius Lardner
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330161142
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid, Vol. 1 written by Dionysius Lardner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid, Vol. 1: With a Commentary and Geometrical Exercises Two thousand years have now rolled away since Euclid's Elements were first used in the School of Alexandria, and to this day they continue to be esteemed the best introduction to mathematical science. They have been adopted as the basis of geometrical instruction in every part of the globe to which the light of science has penetrated; and, while in every other department of human knowledge there have been almost as many manuals as schools, in this, and in this only, one work has, by common consent, been adopted as an universal standard. Euclid has been translated into the languages of England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Russia, Egypt, Turkey, Arabia, Persia, and China. This unprecedented unanimity in the adoption of one work as the basis of instruction, has not arisen from the absence of other treatises on the same subject. Some of the most eminent mathematicians have written, either original Treatises, or modifications and supposed improvements of the Elements; but still the "Elements" themselves have been invariably preferred. To what can a preference so universal be attributed, if not to that singular perspicuity of arrangement, and that rigorous exactitude of demonstration, in which this celebrated Treatise has never been surpassed? 'To this,' says Playfair, 'is added every association which can render a work venerable. It is the production of a man distinguished among the first instructors of the human race. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.