{"product_id":"encounters-with-euclid-how-an-ancient-greek-geometry-text-shaped-the-world","title":"Encounters with Euclid: How an Ancient Greek Geometry Text Shaped the World","description":"A sweeping cultural history of one of the most influential mathematical books ever written\n\nEuclid's Elements of Geometry is one of the fountainheads of mathematics―and of culture. Written around 300 BCE, it has traveled widely across the centuries, generating countless new ideas and inspiring such figures as Isaac Newton, Bertrand Russell, Abraham Lincoln, and Albert Einstein. Encounters with Euclid tells the story of this incomparable mathematical masterpiece, taking readers from its origins in the ancient world to its continuing influence today.\n\nIn this lively and informative book, Benjamin Wardhaugh explains how Euclid’s text journeyed from antiquity to the Renaissance, introducing some of the many readers, copyists, and editors who left their mark on the Elements before handing it on. He shows how some read the book as a work of philosophy, while others viewed it as a practical guide to life. He examines the many different contexts in which Euclid's book and his geometry were put to use, from the Neoplatonic school at Athens and the artisans' studios of medieval Baghdad to the Jesuit mission in China and the workshops of Restoration London. Wardhaugh shows how the Elements inspired ideas in theology, art, and music, and how the book has acquired new relevance to the strange geometries of dark matter and curved space.\n\nEncounters with Euclid traces the life and afterlives of one of the most remarkable works of mathematics ever written, revealing its lasting role in the timeless search for order and reason in an unruly world.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0691211698\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0691211698.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wardhaugh, Benjamin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43739220607037,"sku":"BVV.0691211698.A","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0691211698-0.jpg?v=1790715972","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/encounters-with-euclid-how-an-ancient-greek-geometry-text-shaped-the-world","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}