Main entry:

Euclid, author.

Title & Author:

The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements / translated from the text of Heiberg, with introduction and commentary, by Sir Thomas L. Heath, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., F.R.S.

Edition:

Second edition, revised with additions.

Publication:

New York [New York] : Dover Publications, Inc., 1956.

Description:

3 volumes (x, 432 pages; 436 pages; 546 pages) : black and white illustrations, 1 black and white facsimile ; 21-22 cm.

Series:

Dover classics of science and mathematics

Notes:
Translated from the original Ancient Greek.
Some printings have spine title: The thirteen books of The elements.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Volume I, Introduction and Books I-II -- Volume II, Books III-IX -- Volume III, Books X-XIII and Appendix.
Volume I: Preface -- Preface to the second edition / T.L.H. -- Introduction: Euclid and the traditions about him ; Euclid's other works ; Greek commentators other than Proclus ; Proclus and his sources ; The text ; The scholia ; Euclid in Arabia ; Principal translations and editions (On the nature of elements ; Elements anterior to Euclid's ; First principles : definitions, postulates and axioms ; Theorems and problems ; The formal divisions of a preposition ; Other technical terms ; The definitions) -- 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 and Euclidean propositions.
Volume II: Book III: Definitions ; Propositions -- Book IV: Definitions ; Propositions -- Book V: Introductory note ; Definitions ; Propositions -- Book VI: Introductory note ; Definitions ; Propositions -- Book VII: Definitions ; Propositions -- Book VIII -- Book IX.
Volume III. Book X: Introductory note ; Definitions I ; Propositions 1-47 ; Definitions II ; Propositions 48-84 ; Definitions III ; Propositions 85-115 ; Ancient extensions of theory of Book X -- Book XI: Definitions ; Propositions -- Book XII : Historical note ; Propositions -- Book XIII: Historical note ; Propositions -- Appendix: I, The so-called "Book XIV" / (by Hypsicles). II, Note on the so-called "Book XV."
Reprint. Originally published: Cambridge [England] : The University Press, 1926.

Summary:

"This is the definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time--the full Euclid, not an abridgement. Utilizing the text established by Heiberg, Sir Thomas Heath encompasses almost 2500 years of mathematical and historical study upon Euclid. This unabridged republication of the original enlarged edition contains the complete English text of all 13 books of the 'Elements,' plus a critical apparatus which analyzes each definition, postulate, and proposition in great detail. It covers textual and linguistic matters; mathematical analyses of Euclid's ideas; classical, medieval, Renaissance, modern commentators; refutations, supports, extrapolations, reinterpretations, and historical notes, all given with extensive quotes."-- Back cover.

ISBN:

0486600882 (volume 1)
9780486600888 (volume 1)
0486600890 (volume 2)
9780486600895 (volume 2)
0486600904 (volume 3)
9780486600901 (volume 3)

Subject:

Euclide, approximately 3e siècle av. J.-C. Eléments.
Mathematics, Greek.
Geometry Early works to 1800.
Geometría griega.
Mathématiques grecques.
Géométrie Ouvrages avant 1800.
Geometry
Wiskunde.
Euclidische meetkunde.
Geometria.
Geometria (Textos Classicos)
Matematica.
Geometria Analitica.
Fundamentos Da Geometria.

Form/genre:

Early works

Added entries:

Heath, Thomas Little, Sir, 1861-1940, translator, writer of introduction, writer of preface, writer of added commentary.
Dover classics of science and mathematics.

13 books of Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements
Thirteen books of The elements

Holdings:

Location: Library main 109234
Call No.: QA31.E875 (ID:94-B3184)
Copy: v. 1-3 (BOOKS I-XIII)
Status: Available