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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...4 KB (436 words) - 20:35, 8 October 2023
- Parallel postulate (redirect from Euclid's fifth postulate)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...25 KB (3,227 words) - 15:48, 6 August 2024
- Pons asinorum (category Latin words and phrases)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...16 KB (2,127 words) - 14:13, 22 August 2024
- Parallel (geometry) (redirect from Parallel lines and parallel planes)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...23 KB (2,793 words) - 22:21, 22 August 2024
- "Introduction". Euclid and His Modern Rivals. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-00100-7. Hartshorne, Robin (2000). Geometry: Euclid and Beyond (2nd ed...49 KB (5,442 words) - 20:54, 16 August 2024
- 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...44 KB (6,018 words) - 09:27, 4 August 2024
- Lewis Carroll (redirect from Lewis Carroll and fine-art photography)Simultaneous Linear Equations and Algebraic Equations Euclid and his Modern Rivals (1879), both literary and mathematical in style Symbolic Logic Part I Symbolic...91 KB (10,734 words) - 03:19, 22 August 2024
- Foundations of geometry (section A critique of Euclid)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...76 KB (10,902 words) - 02:44, 15 June 2024
- Wikipedia logo (section Design and history)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...70 KB (5,394 words) - 20:18, 30 July 2024
- mathematics and classics. He was elected a Student of Christ Church and taught mathematics there until 1827. In 1827, Dodgson married his cousin, Frances...6 KB (609 words) - 13:50, 23 April 2024
- Schorlemmer publishes The Rise and Development of Organic Chemistry. Charles L. Dodgson publishes Euclid and his Modern Rivals in London. Gottlob Frege publishes...11 KB (1,058 words) - 04:43, 21 June 2024
- 1879 in literature (section Children and young people)Children John Colenso – The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined Lewis Carroll – Euclid and his Modern Rivals Charles Darwin – The Life of Erasmus...14 KB (1,363 words) - 20:33, 26 June 2024
- Euclid Avenue is a major street in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It runs northeasterly from Public Square in Downtown Cleveland, passing Playhouse Square...27 KB (2,697 words) - 23:06, 17 March 2024
- History of mathematics (redirect from Modern Mathematics)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...139 KB (16,147 words) - 08:08, 23 August 2024
- 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...124 KB (14,691 words) - 00:19, 4 July 2024
- History of algebra (section Euclid of Alexandria)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...120 KB (16,878 words) - 07:06, 26 July 2024
- Stoicism (redirect from Modern Stoicism)seen revivals, notably in the Renaissance (Neostoicism) and in the contemporary era (modern Stoicism). The name Stoicism derives from the Stoa Poikile...51 KB (5,869 words) - 20:56, 23 August 2024
- Neoplatonism (redirect from Modern_Neoplatonism)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...52 KB (6,628 words) - 21:20, 22 August 2024
- 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...37 KB (4,093 words) - 02:22, 21 August 2024
- been possible to trace Freemasonry to Euclid, Pythagoras, Moses, the Essenes, and the Culdees. Preston started his history with the Druids, while Anderson's...100 KB (13,639 words) - 14:42, 14 August 2024
- Euclid and His Modern Rivals (1885) Charles L. Dodgson 1872028Euclid and His Modern Rivals1885Charles L. Dodgson EUCLID AND HIS MODERN RIVALS BY
- Euclid's Elements (Ancient Greek: Στοιχεῖα Stoicheia) is a mathematical and geometric treatise consisting of 13 books written by the ancient Greek mathematician
- examiner, Minos (he and his colleague Rhadamanthus take their names from mythical Greek judges). Minos meets the ghost of Euclid, and a German professor