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Euclid's Elements
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Apr 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Euclid's Elements, a mathematical text book attributed to Euclid and in use from its appearance in Alexandria, Egypt around 300 BC until modern times, dealing with geometry and number theory. It has been described as the most influential text book ever written. Einstein had a copy as a child, which he treasured, later saying "If Euclid failed to kindle your youthful enthusiasm, then you were not born to be a scientific thinker."
With
Marcus du Sautoy
Professor of Mathematics and Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford
Serafina Cuomo
Reader in Roman History at Birkbeck University of London
And
June Barrow-Green
Professor of the History of Mathematics at the Open University
Producer: Simon Tillotson.
With
Marcus du Sautoy
Professor of Mathematics and Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford
Serafina Cuomo
Reader in Roman History at Birkbeck University of London
And
June Barrow-Green
Professor of the History of Mathematics at the Open University
Producer: Simon Tillotson.
Released:
Apr 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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