Euclid and His Modern Rivals is a mathematical book published in 1879 by the English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832–1898), better known under... 4 KB (436 words) - 20:35, 8 October 2023 |
Parallel postulate (redirect from Euclid's fifth postulate) S2CID 246281748 Carroll, Lewis, Euclid and His Modern Rivals, Dover, ISBN 0-486-22968-8 Faber, Richard L. (1983), Foundations of Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry... 25 KB (3,235 words) - 11:47, 21 December 2023 |
Pons asinorum (category Latin words and phrases) turning it over and laying it down upon itself. This method is lampooned by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Euclid and his Modern Rivals, calling it an "Irish... 17 KB (2,185 words) - 18:26, 29 February 2024 |
Lewis Carroll (redirect from Lewis Carroll and fine-art photography) Simultaneous Linear Equations and Algebraic Equations Euclid and his Modern Rivals (1879), both literary and mathematical in style Symbolic Logic Part I Symbolic... 91 KB (10,738 words) - 21:56, 17 April 2024 |
based on Euclid's Elements. This curriculum issue was hotly debated at the time and was even the subject of a book, Euclid and his Modern Rivals, written... 44 KB (5,993 words) - 04:15, 7 April 2024 |
Parallel (geometry) (redirect from Parallel lines and parallel planes) them, Charles Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll), wrote a play, Euclid and His Modern Rivals, in which these texts are lambasted. One of the early reform... 22 KB (2,736 words) - 21:56, 10 February 2024 |
Foundations of geometry (section A critique of Euclid) of the Western world." From the introduction by Amit Hagar to Euclid and His Modern Rivals by Lewis Carroll (2009, Barnes & Noble) pg. xxviii: Geometry... 76 KB (10,876 words) - 17:07, 31 March 2023 |
Wikipedia logo (section Design and history) The logo included a quote from the preface of the 1879 book Euclid and his Modern Rivals by Lewis Carroll. It utilized the fisheye effect, which made... 71 KB (5,416 words) - 02:22, 17 April 2024 |
Schorlemmer publishes The Rise and Development of Organic Chemistry. Charles L. Dodgson publishes Euclid and his Modern Rivals in London. Gottlob Frege publishes... 11 KB (1,065 words) - 00:21, 4 January 2023 |
mathematics and classics. He was elected a Student of Christ Church and taught mathematics there until 1827. In 1827, Dodgson married his cousin, Frances... 6 KB (608 words) - 09:10, 12 August 2023 |
1879 in literature (section Children and young people) Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children Lewis Carroll – Euclid and his Modern Rivals Charles Darwin – The Life of Erasmus Darwin Emilia, Lady Dilke... 14 KB (1,357 words) - 15:50, 10 March 2024 |
and modern science, and its logical rigor was not surpassed until the 19th century. Euclid's Elements has been referred to as the most successful and... 125 KB (14,788 words) - 23:57, 27 March 2024 |
History of algebra (section Euclid of Alexandria) any role in modern textbooks; yet in Euclid's day this book was of great significance. This sharp discrepancy between ancient and modern views is easily... 120 KB (16,625 words) - 16:13, 12 April 2024 |
History of mathematics (redirect from Modern Mathematics) derived from Greek sources; and a series of excerpts from Euclid's Elements. His works were theoretical, rather than practical, and were the basis of mathematical... 137 KB (15,960 words) - 09:00, 15 April 2024 |
Stoicism (redirect from Modern Stoicism) seen revivals, notably in the Renaissance (Neostoicism) and in the contemporary era (modern Stoicism). The name Stoicism derives from the Stoa Poikile... 50 KB (5,776 words) - 10:53, 1 April 2024 |
been possible to trace Freemasonry to Euclid, Pythagoras, Moses, the Essenes, and the Culdees. Preston started his history with the Druids, while Anderson's... 100 KB (13,623 words) - 10:20, 14 April 2024 |
John D. Rockefeller (category University and college founders) he regularly went with his siblings and mother Eliza to the local Baptist church—the Erie Street Baptist Church (later the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church)—an... 91 KB (10,904 words) - 19:19, 8 April 2024 |
Saladin (section Personality and religious leanings) According to his biographers, Anne-Marie Eddé and al-Wahrani, Saladin was able to answer questions on Euclid, the Almagest, arithmetic, and law, but this... 116 KB (15,379 words) - 06:07, 26 March 2024 |
Aristotle Phaedo of Elis Euclid of Megara Favorinus Socratic dialogue remained a popular format for expressing arguments and drawing literary portraits... 14 KB (1,619 words) - 19:51, 30 October 2023 |
Ptolemaic Kingdom (category Harv and Sfn no-target errors) who was one of Alexander's most trusted generals and confidants, won control of Egypt from his rivals and declared himself its ruler. Alexandria, a Greek... 99 KB (12,323 words) - 19:49, 14 April 2024 |
George S. Patton (redirect from Old Blood and Guts) So Euclid Ave opened in 1889. New building erected in 1891. Steven Cutter Clark, principal "Lot Detail – George Patton's 1899 School Report Card and Signed... 155 KB (18,061 words) - 00:44, 12 April 2024 |
Epicurus (section Upbringing and influences) seems to have adopted the bald, intellectual style of the mathematician Euclid. Epicurus's epistemology also bears an unacknowledged debt to the later... 86 KB (10,091 words) - 22:38, 30 March 2024 |
Pythagoras (redirect from Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism) and, through them, the West in general. Knowledge of his life is clouded by legend; modern scholars disagree regarding Pythagoras's education and influences... 114 KB (12,185 words) - 14:56, 12 April 2024 |
Democritus (section Correlation with modern science) important rival in the field of natural philosophy. Although many anecdotes about Democritus' life survive, their authenticity cannot be verified and modern scholars... 20 KB (2,280 words) - 11:59, 4 April 2024 |
Plato (redirect from Plato and Platonism) disclosed only orally, and some say only to his most trusted fellows, and which he may have kept secret from the public, although many modern scholars[who?] doubt... 88 KB (8,971 words) - 14:44, 18 April 2024 |