Euclid1

Euclid1 Euclid of Alexandria is sight to have lived from about 325 BC until 265 BC in Alexandria, Egypt. thither is very little known about his life. It was thought he was born in Megara, which was proven to be incorrect. There is in fact a Euclid of Megara, but he was a philosopher who lived 100 years before Euclid of Alexandria. Also people assure that Euclid of Alexandria is the son of Naucrates, but in that respect is no proof of this assumption. Euclid was a very common name at that time, so it was surd to distinguish one Euclid from another. That is the big reason why there is little known about Euclid of Alexandria.

Euclid of Alexandria, whose chief work, Elements, is a extensive treatise on mathematics in thirteen volumes on such(prenominal) subjects as plane geometry, proportion in general, the properties of numbers, incommensurable magnitudes, and good geometry. He was probably educated at Athens by pupils of Plato. He taught geometry in Alexandria and founded a school of mathematics th...If you trust to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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