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Euclid | Biography, Contributions, Geometry, & Facts | Britannica
Euclid, the most prominent mathematician of Greco-Roman antiquity, best known for his geometry book, the Elements. It is sometimes said that, other than the Bible, the Elements is the most translated, published, and studied of all the books produced in the Western world.

Euclid - Wikipedia
Euclid (/ ˈ j uː k l ɪ d /; Ancient Greek: Εὐκλείδης; fl. 300 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. [2] Considered the "father of geometry", [3] he is chiefly known for the Elements treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely dominated the field until the early 19th century.

Euclid - World History Encyclopedia
Euclid of Alexandria (lived c. 300 BCE) systematized ancient Greek and Near Eastern mathematics and geometry. He wrote The Elements, the most widely used mathematics and geometry textbook in history. Older books sometimes confuse him with Euclid of Megara.

Euclid - Geometry, Elements, Mathematics | Britannica
Euclid may not have been a first-class mathematician, but he set a standard for deductive reasoning and geometric instruction that persisted, practically unchanged, for more than 2,000 years. Bartel Leendert van der Waerden

Euclid (325 BC - 265 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics
Euclid of Alexandria is the most prominent mathematician of antiquity best known for his treatise on mathematics The Elements. The long lasting nature of The Elements must make Euclid the leading mathematics teacher of all time. However little is known of Euclid's life except that he taught at Alexandria in Egypt.

Euclidean geometry - Wikipedia
Euclidean geometry is a mathematical system attributed to ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, which he described in his textbook on geometry, Elements.Euclid's approach consists in assuming a small set of intuitively appealing axioms (postulates) and deducing many other propositions from these.Although many of Euclid's results had been stated earlier, [1] Euclid was the first to organize these ...

Euclid - Biography, Facts and Pictures - Famous Scientists
Euclid explained light’s behavior using geometrical principles he had developed in the Elements. His theory of light was the basis of artistic perspective, astronomical methods, and navigation methods for more than two thousand years.

EUCLID OF ALEXANDRIA – The Father of Geometry - The Story of Mathematics
Euclid of Alexandria is often referred to as the “Father of Geometry”, and he wrote the most important mathematical book of all time.

Euclid - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Euclid of Alexandria (Greek: Εὐκλείδης) (about 325 BC–265 BC) was a Greek mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt and worked at the Library of Alexandria. Little is known about this person, but people think he lived there when Ptolemy I was Pharaoh. It is not known where and when he was born.

Euclid Facts & Biography | Famous Mathematicians
Euclid was a Greek mathematician, known as Euclid of Alexandria, and often referred to as the “Father of Geometry.” In Greek, his name means “Good Glory,” as Euclid is the anglicized version of the Greek name.