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| − | A Greek mathematician who lived 325-365 B.C. in Hellenistic Alexandria. He was the father of geometry and wrote ''Elements'' | + | A Greek mathematician who lived 325-365 B.C. in Hellenistic Alexandria. He was the father of geometry and wrote ''Elements.'' |
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| + | The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote a [[sonnet]], "Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare," an appreciation of the intrinsic beauty of mathematics.<ref>[http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssiyer/minstrels/txt/604.txt Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare], online text</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 13:18, February 8, 2007
A Greek mathematician who lived 325-365 B.C. in Hellenistic Alexandria. He was the father of geometry and wrote Elements.
The poet Edna St. Vincent Millay wrote a sonnet, "Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare," an appreciation of the intrinsic beauty of mathematics.[1]
References
- ↑ Euclid alone has looked on Beauty bare, online text