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A Classics student is trying to reconstruct the history of geometrical and mathematical diagrams by examining copies and translations of Elements, the ancient work of Greek mathematician Euclid.
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There are ideas in life that seem impossible, until someone explains the logic behind them. Many truths appear unbelievable not because they are false, but because we have never trained our minds to ...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for mathematicians, anyway. Pi Day is Saturday, March 14. The relatively new holiday is a celebration of the mathematical calculation pi, or the infinite ...