The King of Infinite Space
Euclid and His Elements

Though the title suggests we might learn a little about Euclid, we instead find that there's little to know about Euclid. Greek, geometer, wrote The Elements. And . . . That's about it. Oh, and he lived--er, flourished, we're reminded by the author--about 300 BC. Berlinski occasionally attempts to w......more

Os elementos de Euclides: Uma história da geometria e o poder das idéias é uma análise do matemático David Berlinski da obra do geômetra Euclides, o fundador de um sistema de axiomas que perdura e é ensinado em escolas até hoje. "O homem não é nada; sua obra, tudo", como se diz no livro, o que é ver......more

I found this read to be a bit odd. We basically know nothing about Euclid, himself, yet here we have nearly 200 pages to a book claiming to be all about him. What this book should have been called was, “How The Elements Inspired and Frustrated Other Mathematicians” (or something to that effect). Whi......more