Euclid and His Modern Rivals is a deeply convincing testament to the Greek mathematician's teachings of elementary geometry. Published in 1879 it is humorously constructed and written by Charles Dodgson (better known outside the mathematical world as Lewis Carroll the author of Alice in Wonderland) in the form of an intentionally unscientific dramatic comedy. Dodgson mathematical lecturer at Christ Church Oxford sets out to provide evidentiary support for the claim that The Manual of Euclid is e...
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