Where did euclid live
Euclid born and died date.
Euclid, the Father of Geometry
| Statue of Euclid in Oxford (Public Domain) |
Euclid gathered up all of the knowledge developed in Greek mathematics at that time and created his great work, a book called 'The Elements' (c300 BCE).
Euclid death date
This treatise is unequaled in the history of science and could safely lay claim to being the most influential non-religious book of all time.
Euclid probably attended Plato's academy in Athens before moving to Alexandria, in Egypt.
At this time, the city had a huge library and the ready availability of papyrus made it the center for books, the major reasons why great minds such as Heron of Alexandria and Euclid based themselves there.
Euclid's Elements
| Euclid's Elements Title Page (Public Domain) |
Euclid's great work consisted of thirteen books covering a vast body of mathematical knowledge, spanning arithmetic, geometry and number theory.
The books are organized by subjects, covering every area of mathematics developed by the Greeks
