A Long Way from Euclid these Smithsonian articles ― the

these Smithsonian articles ― the first published in 1919 and the second in 1936 ― were issued at a time when little was known about these subjects

the dawn of Greek culture and the remarkable flowering of Ionian science in the sixth century B

and wide margins allow plenty of room for written notes

and what is friendship

books on quatrains

A Long Way from Euclid these Smithsonian articles ― theMathematics has come a long way indeed in the last 2,000 years, and this guide to modern mathematics traces the fascinating path from Euclid's Elements to contemporary concepts. No background beyond elementary algebra and plane geometry is necessary to understand and appreciate author Constance Reid's simple, direct explanations of the arithmetic of the infinite, the paradoxes of point sets, the "knotty" problems of topology, and "truth tables" of