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Euclid and His Modern Rivals is a mathematical book published in 1879 by the English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898), better known under...

S2CID 246281748 Carroll, Lewis, Euclid and His Modern Rivals, Dover, ISBN 0-486-22968-8 Faber, Richard L. (1983), Foundations of Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry...

triangle, turning it over and laying it down upon itself. This method is lampooned by Charles Dodgson in Euclid and his Modern Rivals, calling it an "Irish...

them, Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll), wrote a play, Euclid and His Modern Rivals, in which these texts are lambasted. One of the early reform...

"Introduction". Euclid and His Modern Rivals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-00100-7. Hartshorne, Robin (2000). Geometry: Euclid and Beyond (2nd ed...

based on Euclid's Elements. This curriculum issue was hotly debated at the time and was even the subject of a book, Euclid and his Modern Rivals, written...

Simultaneous Linear Equations and Algebraic Equations Euclid and his Modern Rivals (1879), both literary and mathematical in style Symbolic Logic Part I Symbolic...

of the Western world." From the introduction by Amit Hagar to Euclid and His Modern Rivals by Lewis Carroll (2009, Barnes & Noble) pg. xxviii: Geometry...

The logo included a quote from the preface of the 1879 book Euclid and his Modern Rivals by Lewis Carroll. It utilized the fisheye effect to make the...

mathematics and classics. He was elected a Student of Christ Church and taught mathematics there until 1827. In 1827, Dodgson married his cousin, Frances...

Schorlemmer publishes The Rise and Development of Organic Chemistry. Charles L. Dodgson publishes Euclid and his Modern Rivals in London. Gottlob Frege publishes...

Children John Colenso – The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined Lewis Carroll – Euclid and his Modern Rivals Charles Darwin – The Life of Erasmus...

Euclid Avenue is a major street in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It runs northeasterly from Public Square in Downtown Cleveland, passing Playhouse Square...

derived from Greek sources; and a series of excerpts from Euclid's Elements. His works were theoretical, rather than practical, and were the basis of mathematical...

and modern science, and its logical rigor was not surpassed until the 19th century. Euclid's Elements has been referred to as the most successful and...

any role in modern textbooks; yet in Euclid's day this book was of great significance. This sharp discrepancy between ancient and modern views is easily...

seen revivals, notably in the Renaissance (Neostoicism) and in the contemporary era (modern Stoicism). The name Stoicism derives from the Stoa Poikile...

commentary on Euclid's Elements, which Pappus used when he wrote his own commentary. Porphyry is also known as an opponent of Christianity and as a defender...

diagram used by Euclid in his demonstration of the result resembles a bridge, or because this is the first difficult result in Euclid, and acts to separate...

been possible to trace Freemasonry to Euclid, Pythagoras, Moses, the Essenes, and the Culdees. Preston started his history with the Druids, while Anderson's...