Tag: Euclid

J graphviz’s Euclid’s Elements

In Sarah Hart’s new book Once Upon a Prime she relays John Aubrey’s account of the philosopher John Hobbes’s1 first exposure to Euclid’s Elements. Being in a gentleman’s library Euclid’s Elements lay open, and ’twas the forty-seventh proposition in the first book. He read the proposition. “By God,” said he, “this is impossible!” So he … Continue reading J graphviz’s Euclid’s Elements →

C. K. Raju: Genius or Crank (Part 1)

Click here for a PDF version of this post. Euclid's first proposition Lately I have been amusing myself by working through Euclid’s Elements. Despite studying mathematics in university, teaching it in high school and occasionally using it in my software-soaked day job I never got around to reading Euclid. Euclid is routinely lionized as the … Continue reading C. K. Raju: Genius or Crank (Part 1) →