\textit{The pathway to knowledg} and the English Euclidean tradition

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Authors Jacqueline Stedall

Publication date 13 October 2016

zbMATH Keywords

\textit{Elements}Euclid

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

Review text

The paper is devoted to the presentation and discussion of Robert Recorde's work \textit{The pathway to knowledge} (1551). The author examines the contents of the work in the context of its time but also as part of a tradition that extends down to the present, of continually reinventing Euclid for new generations of learners.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 1309.01006].

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• Mathematics and Technology Before the Modern Era
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