Euclid

= Euclid =

=Biography = Not very much is known about Euclid "according to thinkquest"except that he taught at Ptolemy’s university at Alexandria, Egypt. He taught mathematics in Alexandria, Egypt, at the Alexandria library or "Museum", and that he wrote the most enduring mathematical work of all time, the //Stoicheia// or //Elements//, a thirteen volume work. According to "Mathopenref" very little is known about his berth or death or how he died.  The fields he did was mathmatics. He was known for euclideans geometry and euclid elements. = Important Mathematical Discoveries = Euclid wrote 13 books covering Euclidean geometry, also an ancient Greek version of elementary number theory. Euclid wrote the book of elements which considers the connection between perfect numbers Mersenne primes.
 * //__Euclid was born about 325 b.c and he died 265 b.c__//**

Work Outside of Mathematics
Several works on mechanics. One Theory was On the heavy and light which contains nine definitions and five propositions on moving body's and gravity.

Other Important Information
The first book Euclid wrote is manly about basic proposition of geometry. Unlike the thirteenth book is manly about inscribed in a shere, calculates the ratio of their to the radius of the shere.

Fun Facts
When King Ptolemy asked if there was an easier path to learning geometry than //Elements//, Euclid replied, "Sir, there is no Royal Road to Geometry". "As to Wikipedia says". He wasn't married he was a very lonely man.

Pictures




This is showing the construction of a dodecahedron basing on a cube. The dodecahedron has 30 edges, 20 vertices and 12 faces, Dodeca means 12.

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