The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements. Translated from the Text of Heiberg. Volume II, Books III - IX. Second Edition, Revised with Additions.

Heath, Thomas L. (introduction & commentary)

ISBN 10: 0486600890 / ISBN 13: 9780486600895

Published by Dover Publications, New York, 1956

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Good paperback copy. 436pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements. Translated from the Text of Heiberg. Volume II, Books III - IX. Second Edition, Revised with Additions.
• Publisher: Dover Publications, New York
• Publication Date: 1956
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486600890
• ISBN 13: 9780486600895
• Binding: Paper
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

Volume 2 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the Elements plus critical analysis of each definition, postulate, and proposition. Covers textual and linguistic matters; mathematical analyses of Euclid's ideas; classical, medieval, Renaissance and modern commentators; refutations, supports, extrapolations, reinterpretations and historical notes. Vol. 2 includes Books III-IX: Circles, relationships, rectilineal figures.