Show HONORED AS GREAT TEACHER works of euclid ancient mathematician the foundation of the science of geometry euclid was an ancient mathematician who Is said by some to have hae flourished in the third centry before the christian era it Is generally held that lie was a greek but the date and place of ills his birth are unknown it Is generally held that much of ills his work was done tit nt alexandria egypt which lit in those ancient ahnes wits was a famous seat of learning and the center of extensive commerce the most famous work of euclid that has come down to us Is the elements of geometry in 13 books the first six are the most valuable alu able they contain the foundation of geometry on which is based several branches of higher mathematics these books bonks are still used in schools and colleges the next three books teal deal with tile the properties of numbers but they are superseded by modern arithmetic euclid also left other works such as treatises on oi harmony and optics |