Elementary, my dear Euclid

January 3, 2004 1:51 PM

Euclid's Elements- the ancient Greek mathematicians textbook, presented here with the aid of Java, including Pythagoras' Theorem, and proof that there is an infinite amount of prime numbers.
posted by Orange Goblin (2 comments total)

Orange Goblin, the finer points of this site are quite lost on me, but it looked like a great resource so I sent this post to my brother who appreciated it. From the horse's mouth: "very cool - thanks."

I did say horse's mouth and not ass, right? (just kiddin', li'l bro, just kiddin'!)
posted by madamjujujive at 7:17 PM on January 3, 2004

I remember that in high-school geometry, we discussed how there wasn't any convenient way in Euclidean geometry to trisect an angle. Later, I realized there was an easy way to do this with a ruler.
posted by alumshubby at 11:33 AM on January 4, 2004