The First 6 Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured Diagrams and Symbols

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by oidar • 3 years ago

48 14 3 years ago

lioeters• 3 years ago

The author, Nicholas Rougeux, has a number of projects with a similarly excellent curation of intellectual and visual beauty.

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thunkle• 3 years ago

Is it just my phone or are all the "s"s and "f"s accidently mathematical notation on the first book.

scentoni• 3 years ago

There used to be two forms of letter s, long s when medial and short s when final, similar to the two forms of sigma in later Greek. The integral sign derived from this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s

gota3• 3 years ago

Ok, but why choose the outdated one for this? Or is it a mistake?

adhdbrain• 3 years ago

You can change this by switching to Modern English in the navbar.

dexwiz• 3 years ago

I have this book in print and that is my main complaint. It explains the typographical history and I get it…but it still makes it harder to read than necessary.

mayd• 3 years ago

Publisher Kronecker Wallis sells an expanded edition of Byrne's opus which includes all thirteen books of Euclid's Elements. It also appears to be reset in a modern typeface.

<https://www.kroneckerwallis.com/product/euclids-elements-com...>

The First 6 Books of the Elements of Euclid with Coloured Diagrams and Symbols

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