Comments on: Euclid

Euclid

plep — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:32:40 -0800

Euclid in Colour. 'An unusual and attractive edition of Euclid was published in 1847 in England, edited by an otherwise unknown mathematician named Oliver Byrne. It covers the first 6 books of Euclid, which range through most of elementary plane geometry and the theory of proportions. What distinguishes Byrne's edition is that he attempts to present Euclid's proofs in terms of pictures, using as little text - and in particular as few labels - as possible. What makes the book especially striking is his use of colour ... '

By: Gyan

Gyan — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:48:30 -0800

Nice!

By: vacapinta

vacapinta — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:54:03 -0800

This is so gorgeous! Thank you, plep, thank you!

By: luckyclone

luckyclone — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 01:22:13 -0800

fresh

By: D.C.

D.C. — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 03:13:08 -0800

Great MeFi post. I had no idea this was online. This book is discussed in one of Edward Tufte's books.

By: ZippityBuddha

ZippityBuddha — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 04:40:50 -0800

Excellent. Thanks

By: since1968

since1968 — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:28:10 -0800

Beautiful! Thanks for posting. It looks like it would set you back about $5,000 to buy a first edition. This would be a great candidate for a color reprint.

By: wobh

wobh — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 05:29:37 -0800

Great find! Check out proposition I.1.

By: rudyfink

rudyfink — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 06:04:19 -0800

[This is good]

By: freebird

freebird — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:54:00 -0800

Gorgeous.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:08:42 -0800

Very cool.

By: Grod

Grod — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:23:50 -0800

WoW

By: rhapsodie

rhapsodie — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:59:07 -0800

[this is good] thanks!

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:25:57 -0800

kickass

By: normy

normy — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 11:26:09 -0800

Marvellous. plep deserves the insufficiently recognized but consistently very good contributor to MetaFilter award. Or something.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:45:02 -0800

Excellent post! An instant bookmark. ...though if the guy was gonna be so revolutionary, why didn't he ditch those annoying S's that look like F's?