Euclid's Elements - A 2,500 Year History
Bob Gardner
East Tennessee State University
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Johnson City, TN 37614


References

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  8. Stewart, Ian. Why Beauty is Truth: A History of Symmetry. Basic Books: 2007.

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