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  1. Euclid's Window : The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace by Leonard Mlodinow, 2002-04-09
  2. Geometry: Euclid and Beyond (Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics) by Robin Hartshorne, 2010-11-02
  3. Euclids Elements of Geometry by Euclid, 2010-03-27
  4. Euclid and geometry (Immortals of science) by Estelle Allen DeLacy, 1963
  5. Geometry from Euclid to Knots by Saul Stahl, 2010-03-18
  6. The Babylonian Theorem: The Mathematical Journey to Pythagoras and Euclid by Peter S. Rudman, 2010-01-26
  7. The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements by Euclid, 2010-01-01
  8. The First Three Books of Euclid's Elements of Geometry from the text of Dr. Robert Simson: Together with Various Useful Theorems and Problems as Geometrical Exercises on Each Book by Euclid, 2005-12-01
  9. Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid : With a Supplement On the Quadrature of the Circle, and the Geometry of Solids : To Which ... Elements of Plane and Spherical Geometry by Euclid, John Playfair, 2010-01-12
  10. Euclid - The Creation of Mathematics by Benno Artmann, 1999-06-10
  11. Companion to Euclid: A Course of Geometry, Based on Euclid's Elements and Its Modern Descendants (Berkeley Mathematical Lecture Notes Vol 9) by Robin Hartshorne, 1997-07
  12. A Key to the Exercises in Elements of Geometry [Euclid, Book 1-6 Andportions of Book 11,12]. by James Hamblin Smith, 2010-02-14
  13. Euclid's Elements of geometry: books I. II. III. IV., VI and portions of books V. and XI., with notes, examples, exercises, appendices and a collection of examination papers by Euclid Euclid, A E. Layng, 2010-08-03
  14. The Commentary of Al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of Geometry: An Introduction on the Transmission of Euclid's Elements in the Middle Ages (Ancient ... and Medieval Texts and Contexts, 1) by Anaritius, Anthony Lo Bello, 2003-09

1. KEGP
KANT ON euclid geometry IN PERSPECTIVE.
http://www.hkbu.edu.hk/~ppp/srp/arts/KEGP.html
KANT ON EUCLID: GEOMETRY IN PERSPECTIVE by Stephen Palmquist stevepq@hkbu.edu.hk I. The Perspectival Aim of the first Critique There is a common assumption among philosophers, shared even by many Kant-scholars, that Kant had a naive faith in the absolute valid­ity of Euclidean geometry, Aristotelian logic, and Newtonian physics, and that his primary goal in the Critique of Pure Reason was to pro­vide a rational foundation upon which these classical scientific theories could be based. This, it might be thought, is the essence of his attempt to solve the problem which, as he says in a footnote to the second edition Preface, "still remains a scandal to philosophy and to human reason in general"namely, "that the existence of things outside us...must be accepted merely on faith , and that if anyone thinks good to doubt their existence, we are unable to counter his doubts by any satisfactory proof" [K2:xxxix]. This assumption, in turn, is frequently used to deny the validity of some or all of Kant's philosophical projector at least its relevance to modern philosophi­cal understandings of scientific knowledge. Swinburne, for instance, asserts that an acceptance of the views expressed in Kant's first Critique "would rule out in advance most of the great achievements of science since his day."

2. Euclid Geometry 2003
euclid geometry (Ma 177, 2003). The recordings of the lectures in thiscourse can be accessed in the following files. Jan 15, Wednesday
http://homepage.te.hik.se/personal/Tmava/euclid/default.asp
Euclid Geometry (Ma 177, 2003)
The recordings of the lectures in this course can be accessed in the following files.
  • Jan 15, Wednesday
Valeri Marenitch University of Kalmar Last Modified 2003-01-16

3. CyberSpace Search!
SEARCH THE WEB. Results for euclid geometry. Computing Homelife EBusinessTravel Gambling Electronics Entertainment Shopping Education
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4. "Euclid Geometry"ÀÇ ¼Ò°³
Euclid's Elemets . Java sketchpad (JSP)? Geometry.class? ?. JSP?
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5. Biography Of Riemann
What is Riemann Geometry? Riemann Geometry, or Elliptical Geometry, is one of thefirst types of noneuclid geometry. While in euclid geometry, there are.
http://www.andrews.edu/~calkins/math/biograph/bioriema.htm
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Biographies of Mathematicians - Riemann
Riemann's Life Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann was born on September 17, 1826 in Breselenz, Germany to Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann and Charlotte Ebell. He grew up in the home of a pastor during a time of poverty. Along with his four siblings, he fought hunger and malnutrition. But despite all these problems, his family was close. Riemann's Most Famous Achievements Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann began his career by working on the theory of functions, but he is best remembered for his development of non-Euclidean geometry. This is used today in physics and in the relativity theory. He completed all of the following studies: developed the subjects of partial equations, complex variable theory, differential geometry, analytic number theory, and laid down the foundations for modern topography. The Riemann Hypothesis The Riemann Hypothesis states that the nontrivial roots of the Riemann zeta function (which is explained later in the web page) defined on the complex plane C all have real part 1/2. The line Re(z) equaling 1/2 is called the critical line. Or if you want the Riemann Hypothesis in plain English, all of the complex zeroes of the zeta function have real part 1/2. No one has solved has solved the hypothesis because it is terribly difficult and confusing. However, there are many ideas. One of the better ideas for proving the hypothesis was put forth by Polya and Hilbert. However the reasoning of solving the hypothesis is quite confusing.

6. Geometry: Euclid
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8. Euclid's Elements, Introduction
Presents Books I through VI, dealing with plane geometry, come complete with demonstrations written in Java. This edition of euclid's Elements uses a Java applet called the geometry Applet to illustrate the diagrams.
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.html
Introduction
New: Jaume Domenech Larraz has translated the Elements into Catalan at http://www.euclides.org/ Euclid's Elements form one of the most beautiful and influential works of science in the history of humankind. Its beauty lies in its logical development of geometry and other branches of mathematics. It has influenced all branches of science but none so much as mathematics and the exact sciences. The Elements have been studied 24 centuries in many languages starting, of course, in the original Greek, then in Arabic, Latin, and many modern languages. I'm creating this version of Euclid's Elements for a couple of reasons. The main one is to rekindle an interest in the Elements, and the web is a great way to do that. Another reason is to show how Java applets can be used to illustrate geometry. That also helps to bring the Elements alive. The text of all 13 Books is complete, and all of the figures are illustrated using the Geometry Applet, even those in the last three books on solid geometry that are three-dimensional. I still have a lot to write in the guide sections and that will keep me busy for quite a while. This edition of Euclid's Elements uses a Java applet called the Geometry Applet to illustrate the diagrams. If you enable Java on your browser, then you'll be able to dynamically change the diagrams. In order to see how, please read

9. EAGER - European Algebraic Geometry Research Training Network
Welcome to euclid, the server of the
http://euclid.mathematik.uni-kl.de/
Your browser does not support frames! Click here for the EAGER welcome page.
Click here for the EAGER menu.

10. EAGER:List Of Conferences
A list maintained by the EAGER node at Kaiserslautern, Germany.
http://www-euclid.mathematik.uni-kl.de/conferences/
Conferences in algebraic geometry and related fields
This list of announcements and links to upcoming activitiesis compiled by submission .If you know of an activity that should be added to this list,please contact its organizer or Kristian Ranestad the administrator of this page
Conferences here include also schools, workshops and specialmonths/years. Past conferences
Current conferences

Upcoming conferences
Upcoming conferences
to Gael XI at Luminy, France
Organizers: Marie-Amelie Bertin, Igor Burban, Christian Sevenheck, Orsola Tommasi
Additional information at http://euclid.mathematik.uni-kl.de/~gael
Further remarks:
GAEL is a meeting of young algebraic geometers working in Europe.
With its 11th edition, GAEL is a well-established tradition as a meeting for young mathematicians active in the field of algebraic geometry. The meeting, planned for about 40 people, provides in an informal atmosphere the ideal opportunity for direct contact with established mathematicians (senior participants) as well as for getting to know each other. The senior participants this year will be Alessio Corti, Bernd Siebert and Shigeru Mukai. They will give several talks on the geometry of threefolds. However, the emphasis is on talks of young participants, which will take up most of the time and cover a wide variety of topics in algebraic geometry.
Registration fee: 90 Euro
Application deadline for participation/travel support: January 17th 2003.

11. NonEuclid - Hyperbolic Geometry Article & Applet
Axioms and Theorems euclid's Postulates, Hyperbolic Parallel Postulate, SAS Postulate, Hyperbolic geometry Proofs.
http://www.cs.unm.edu/~joel/NonEuclid
NonEuclid is Java Software for
Interactively Creating Ruler and Compass Constructions in both the
for use in High School and Undergraduate Education.
Hyperbolic Geometry is a geometry of Einstein's General Theory of Relativity and Curved Hyperspace.
Authors:
Joel Castellanos
- Graduate Student, Dept. of Computer Science , University of New Mexico
Joe Dan Austin - Associate Professor, Dept. of Education, Rice University
Ervan Darnell - Graduate Student, Dept. of Computer Science, Rice University Italian Translation by Andrea Centomo, Scuola Media "F. Maffei", Vicenza Funding for NonEuclid has been provided by:
CRPC, Rice University

Institute for Advanced Study / Park City Mathematics Institute
Run NonEuclid Applet (click button below):
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12. 10.8. Euclid (330?-275? B.C.)
some easier way to learn geometry than by learning all the theorems. euclid replied, "There is no royal road to
http://www.shu.edu/html/teaching/math/reals/history/euclid.html
10.8. Euclid (330?-275? B.C.)
IRA Euclid is one of the most influential and best read mathematician of all time. His prize work, Elements , was the textbook of elementary geometry and logic up to the early twentieth century. For his work in the field, he is known as the father of geometry and is considered one of the great Greek mathematicians. Very little is known about the life of Euclid. Both the dates and places of his birth and death are unknown. It is believed that he was educated at Plato's academy in Athens and stayed there until he was invited by Ptolemy I to teach at his newly founded university in Alexandria. There, Euclid founded the school of mathematics and remained there for the rest of his life. As a teacher, he was probably one of the mentors to Archimedes Personally, all accounts of Euclid describe him as a kind, fair, patient man who quickly helped and praised the works of others. However, this did not stop him from engaging in sarcasm. One story relates that one of his students complained that he had no use for any of the mathematics he was learning. Euclid quickly called to his slave to give the boy a coin because "he must make gain out of what he learns." Another story relates that Ptolemy asked the mathematician if there was some easier way to learn geometry than by learning all the theorems. Euclid replied, "There is no royal road to geometry" and sent the king to study. Euclid's fame comes from his writings, especially his masterpiece

13. Euclid's Geometry: History And Practice
euclid'S geometry History and Practice. This series of interdisciplinarylessons on euclid's Elements was researched and written
http://mathforum.org/geometry/wwweuclid/
EUCLID'S GEOMETRY: History and Practice
This series of interdisciplinary lessons on Euclid's Elements was researched and written by Alex Pearson, a Classicist at The Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania. The material is organized into class work, short historical articles, assignments, essay questions, and a quiz. For the Greek text and a full translation of The Elements, see the Perseus Project at Tufts University. Introduction "Why do we have to learn this?" A discussion of how geometry has seemed indispensable to some people for over two millennia. Unit 1 Definitions, axioms and Theorem One.
On a given finite straight line construct an equilateral triangle.
Upon a given point place a straight line equal to a given straight line.
Unit 2 Theorem Two and an introduction to history.
Upon a given point place a straight line equal to a given straight line. Historical articles essay questions. Unit 3 Group discussions on the Elements; history and propositions; preparation for the Unit 4 Quiz. Unit 4 Quiz: Complete Euclid's Fifth Theorem and identify the definitions, common notions, postulates and prior theorems by number. Prove two of the historical propositions using at least two different pages from my

14. Euclid's Geometry: Euclid's Biography
someone who had begun to read geometry with euclid, when he had learnt the firsttheorem, asked euclid, what shall I get by learning these things? euclid
http://mathforum.org/geometry/wwweuclid/bio.htm
3. Euclid's biography
Heath, History p. 354: Proclus (410-485, an Athenian philosopher, head of the Platonic school) on Eucl. I, p. 68-20:
    Not much younger than these is Euclid, who put together the Elements, collecting many of Eudoxus's theorems, perfecting many of Theaetetus's, and also bringing to irrefragable demonstration the things which were only somewhat loosely proved by his predecessors. This man lived in the time of the first Ptolemy. For Archimedes, who came immediately after the first, makes mention of Euclid; and further they say that Ptolemy once asked him if there was in geometry any shorter way that that of the Elements, and he replied that there was no royal road to geometry. He is then younger than the pupils of Plato, but older than Eratosthenes and Archimedes, the latter having been contemporaries, as Eratosthenes somewhere says.
    (Plato died 347 B.C.; Archimedes lived 287-212 B.C.)
Heath, History p. 357: Latin author, Stobaeus (5th Century A.D.):
    someone who had begun to read geometry with Euclid, when he had learnt the first theorem, asked Euclid, "what shall I get by learning these things?" Euclid called his slave and said, "Give him threepence, since he must make gain out of what he learns."
Sarton, p. 19: Athenian philosopher, Proclus (410 A.D. - 485): Ptolemy I, king of Egypt, asked Euclid "if there was in geometry any shorter way than that of the

15. History Of Mathematics - Table Of Contents
Topics include background in Babylonian, euclid, Al'Khwarizmi, pi, and trigonometry. Also has recreations and java chat.
http://members.aol.com/bbyars1/contents.html
And Insights into the History of Mathematics Table of Contents Prologue The First Mathematicians The Most Famous Teacher Pi: It Will Blow Your Mind ... Comments and Notices

16. Euclid's Elements, Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Prematter Introduction Using the geometry Applet About the text euclid A quick trip through the Elements References to euclid's Elements on the Web Subject index
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/toc.html
Table of Contents
Prematter
Introduction
Using the Geometry Applet
About the text
Euclid ...
A quick trip through the Elements
References to Euclid's Elements on the Web
Subject index
Book I The fundamentals of geometry: theories of triangles, parallels, and area.
Definitions
Postulates

Common Notions

Propositions
...
Book II Geometric algebra.
Definitions
Propositions
Book III Theory of circles.
Definitions
Propositions
Book IV Constructions for inscribed and circumscribed figures.
Definitions
Propositions
Book V Theory of abstract proportions.
Definitions
Propositions
Book VI Similar figures and proportions in geometry.
Definitions
Propositions
Book VII Fundamentals of number theory.
Definitions
Propositions
Book VIII Continued proportions in number theory.
Propositions
Book IX Number theory.
Propositions
Book X Classification of incommensurables.
Definitions I Propositions 1-47 Definitions II Propositions 48-84 ...
Book XI Solid geometry.
Definitions Propositions
Book XII Measurement of figures.
Propositions
Book XIII Regular solids.
Propositions
(June, 1997.)

17. Euclid's Geometry: History And Practice
euclid'S geometry History and Practice This series of interdisciplinary lessons on euclid's Elements was researched and written by Alex Pearson, a Classicist at The Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/geometry/wwweuclid
EUCLID'S GEOMETRY: History and Practice
This series of interdisciplinary lessons on Euclid's Elements was researched and written by Alex Pearson, a Classicist at The Episcopal Academy in Merion, Pennsylvania. The material is organized into class work, short historical articles, assignments, essay questions, and a quiz. For the Greek text and a full translation of The Elements, see the Perseus Project at Tufts University. Introduction "Why do we have to learn this?" A discussion of how geometry has seemed indispensable to some people for over two millennia. Unit 1 Definitions, axioms and Theorem One.
On a given finite straight line construct an equilateral triangle.
Upon a given point place a straight line equal to a given straight line.
Unit 2 Theorem Two and an introduction to history.
Upon a given point place a straight line equal to a given straight line. Historical articles essay questions. Unit 3 Group discussions on the Elements; history and propositions; preparation for the Unit 4 Quiz. Unit 4 Quiz: Complete Euclid's Fifth Theorem and identify the definitions, common notions, postulates and prior theorems by number. Prove two of the historical propositions using at least two different pages from my

18. The Geometry Applet
This geometry applet is being used to illustrate euclid's Elements.Above you see an icosahedron, that is, a regular 20sided solid
http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/Geometry/Geometry.html
The Geometry Applet
version 2.2
*** If you can read this, you're only seeing an image, not the real java applet! *** I began writing this applet in Feb. 1996. The current verion is 2.2 which fixes a couple of bugs in 2.0 and has a new construction to find harmonic conjugate points. Version 2.0 (May, 1997) does three-dimensional constructions whereas the earlier version 1.3 only did plane constructions. Version 2.0 also has many minor improvements. It takes a while to test everything. Please send a note if you find any bugs. They'll be fixed as soon as possible. (Note that arcs and sectors on slanted planes cannot yet be illustrated.) Also, there may be still later versions than 2.2 with more functionality. This geometry applet is being used to illustrate Euclid's Elements . Above you see an icosahedron, that is, a regular 20-sided solid, constructed according to Euclid's construction in proposition XIII.16 Another example using this Geometry Applet illustrates the Euler line of a triangle Here's how you can manipulate the figure that appears above. If you click on a point in the figure, you can usually move it in some way. A free point , usually colored red, can be freely dragged about, and as they move, the rest of the diagram (except the other free points) will adjust appropriately. A sliding point

19. Introduction To The Works Of Euclid
Covers the life of euclid and a discussion of euclidian geometry.
http://www.obkb.com/dcljr/euclid.html
An Introduction to the Works of Euclid with an Emphasis on the Elements
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This is a paper I wrote in college for a History of Science course (although I've taken the liberty of modifying it slightly from time to time since I put it online). I know it's not publishable or anything, but it's still one of my favorite papers because it was so difficult to do. (I wrote it on a computer with about 12K of free RAM and only a cassette tape drive for storage!) In fact, the whole History of Science course was quite an experience. Students wishing to use this paper for their own reports on Euclid should know how to avoid plagiarism and how to cite online sources . In addition, I urge students to seek out the original printed sources yes, that means going to the library and not rely merely on what I say in this paper. (I'm always surprised by the number of junior high and high school students who e-mail me saying they can't find any information about Euclid!) Note that is used to denote square roots and all Greek letters used as symbols ( alpha beta , ...) are spelled out. Superscripts are implemented by using the appropriate HTML tags and may not display properly in some browsers. In this case, hopefully the meaning will be clear from the context.

20. Euclid
June 2001. euclid's geometry. France c. 1480. It is a fifteenth century manuscriptof euclid's Elements in Latin with other texts mainly on geometry.
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/june2001.html
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France: c. 1480
Sp Coll MS Gen. 1115
This month's book has been chosen as one of the items to be displayed on Friday 15 June in the exhibition Information Services through the Ages organized by the Library Special Collections Department and the University Archive Services as part of the Information Services Open Day. It is a fifteenth century manuscript of Euclid's Elements in Latin with other texts mainly on geometry.
front flyleaf: early pressmarks Glasgow University was founded in 1451. Although we do not know for sure, this manuscript was possibly used in early teaching at the University. Certainly, it is a typical example of the kind of textbook that would have been used as part of the medieval curriculum. While there is no record of how the manuscript was acquired by the Library, it does bear early University press marks on the front flyleaf: Ff.3. n.5, and another earlier Glasgow mark, now crossed out and obscured, but possibly beginning with a 'G'.
folio 8r: beginning of Euclid's elements The main item in the manuscript (folios 8-172v) is a copy of Euclid's Elements , translated out of Arabic into Latin by the English scholastic philosopher Adelard of Bath. Its colophon states that it was finished being written out on 4 December 1480. This manuscript copy therefore predates the first printed edition, produced in Venice by Erhard Ratdolt in 1482, by just two years.

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