Euclid
- Textgroups:
- tlg1799
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.579
- Tlg id:
- tlg1799
- Alt id:
- LCCN n 50043341
- Name:
- Euclid
- Abbr:
- Euc.
- Alt names:
- Εὐκλείδης
Ėẏklid
Uqlīdis
إقليدس
欧几里得
Eukleidés
Euclides, van Alexandrië
Euclide
Euklid
אוקלידוס
Eukleidész
エウクレイデス
Euclides
Euklides
Евклид
Evklid
Euclides, Geometra
Euc.
- Field of activity:
- Mathemetician
Geometer
- Notes:
- Colliers encyc., c1974 (Euclid of Alexandria)
Encyc. amer., c1980 (Euclid)
Encyc. brit., c1973 (Euclid
Greek, Eukleides)
TLG Canon of Greek Authors and Works, Third Edition, pg. 157
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol ,
1867, p. 1:
Brill's New Pauly: "Little is known for certain about the life of E....
The largest and most important work, which made E. the ‘mathematics teacher of all nations and
generations’, is the ‘Elements’ (Στοιχεῖα
Stoicheîa) in 13 bks. Large parts of it are based
on other mathematicians, e.g., the Pythagoreans, Theaetetus and Eudoxus [1] [13
20
25
26
29]. E.'s significance is to have summarized the knowledge of his predecessors and arranged it
in a systematic order...."
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
Works Currently Cataloged
Data (demonstrationes alterae)
Elementa (demonstrationes alterae, lib. 1‑3)
Elementa (demonstrationes alterae, lib. 10)
Elementa (demonstrationes alterae, lib. 11‑13)
Elementa (demonstrationes alterae, lib. 5‑9)
Elementa (recensio altera, lib. 11.36‑12‑17)
Opticorum recensio Theonis
Phaenomena (demonstrationes alterae recensionis b)
