Euclid: The Elements

Part I of Essay
The long-lasting Nature of The Elements must make Euclid the leading math teacher of all time. However little is known of him other than he taught at Alexandria in Egypt. It is also known that he put together the elements, arranging in order many of Eudoxus's, perfecting ....

Part II of Essay
.... Euclid of Alexandria. It is not quite the coincidence that it might seem that there were two learned men called Euclid. In fact Euclid was a very common name around this period and this is one further difficulty that makes it hard to find information concerning Euclid of Alexandria since there are references to numerous men called Euclid in the history of this period. There is nothing consistent in the dating given about when Euclid did all of his work but a person by the name of Itard said that situation is best summed up by the fowl ....