Euclid and his modern rivals

Charles L. Dodgson

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 essentially the defining and exclusive textbook to be used for teaching elementary geometry. Euclid's sequence and numbering of propositions and his treatment of parallels, states Dodgson, make convincing arguments that the Greek scholar's text stands alone in the field of mathematics. The author pointedly recognises the abundance of significant work in the field, but maintains that none of the subsequent manuals can effectively serve as substitutes to Euclid's early teachings of elementary geometry.

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[目次]

  • 1. Preliminaries to examination of modern rivals
  • 2. Manuals which reject Euclid's treatment of parallels
  • 3. Manuals which adopt Euclid's treatment of parallels
  • 4. Manual of Euclid
  • Appendices.

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書名 Euclid and his modern rivals
著作者等 Carroll, Lewis
Dodgson Charles Lutwidge
シリーズ名 Cambridge library collection
出版元 Cambridge University Press
刊行年月 2009
ページ数 xxxi, 299 p.
大きさ 22 cm
ISBN 9781108001007
NCID BB00428202
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言語 英語
出版国 イギリス
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