Euclid's Elements
In Our Time: Science
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The Evolution of Euclid's Mathematics
Euclid is almost at the end point of a development, as well as the beginning of something else. By the time Euclid produces the elements, there's a lot that's new, but there's already known. Sarafina: It turns out to be one of the underpinnings in the modern world. I mean, it's the fact that a number can be pulled apart as primes is actually cracking a code on the internet these days. But Euclid didn't know that.
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