The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid

The foundational text of geometry, presenting Euclid's first six books of the Elements with their definitions, propositions and proofs.

At a glance Rigorous, elegant and astonishingly durable, it remains the model of reasoned… For more than two thousand years, students have learned to reason by following Euclid's… What it's about This edition presents the first six books of Euclid's Elements, the… It sets out definitions, postulates and common notions, then builds proposition by…

This edition presents the first six books of Euclid's Elements, the portion dealing chiefly with plane geometry and proportion.