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Book SynopsisAfter studying both classics and mathematics at the University of Cambridge, Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861â1940) used his time away from his job as a civil servant to publish many works on the subject of ancient mathematics, both popular and academic. First published in 1926 as the second edition of a 1908 original, this book contains the first volume of his three-volume English translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements, covering Books One and Two. This detailed text will be of value to anyone with an interest in Greek geometry and the history of mathematics.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: 1. Euclid and the traditions about him; 2. Euclid's other works; 3. Greek commentators other than Proclus; 4. Proclus and his sources; 5. The text; 6. The scholia; 7. Euclid in Arabia; 8. Principal translations and editions; 9. On the nature of elements; The Elements: Book I: Definitions, postulates, common notions; Notes on definitions etc.; Propositions; Book II: Definitions; Note on geometrical algebra; Propositions; Excursus I. Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans; Excursus II. Popular names for Euclidean propositions; Greek index to vol. 1; English index to vol. 1.
