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Show HONORED AS GREAT TEACHER Works of Euclid, Ancient Mathematician, Mathemati-cian, the Foundation of the Science of Geometry. Euclid was an ancient mathematician, mathemati-cian, who is said by some to have flourished in the third centry before the Christian era. It is generally held that he was a Greek, but the date and place of his birth are unknown. It is generally held that much of his work was done at Alexandria, Egypt, which in those ancient times was a famous seat of learning and the center cen-ter of extensive commerce. The most famous work of Euclid that has come down to us is the Elements of Geometry Geom-etry in 13 books. The first six are the most valuable. They contain the foundation of geometry, on which is based several branches of higher mathematics. These books are still used in schools and colleges. The next three books deal with the Yrop-erties Yrop-erties of numbers but they are superseded super-seded by modern arithmetic. Euclid also left other works, such as treatises on harmony and optics. |