Euclid Of Alexandria Was Born Around The Year 330? BC And Died

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Term Paper Title	Euclid Of Alexandria Was Born Around The Year 330? BC And Died
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     Euclid of Alexandria was born around the year 330? BC and died
around the year 275? BC. But nothing is certain, including the location of
his birth and exact nationality. He is thought to have been of Greek or
Alexandrian origin. He probably studied mathematics and philosophy in
Athens and made a living by tutoring others in mathematics. Euclid then
settled in Alexandria, a colony in Greece, and taught math at a university
that he was recognized as a scholar. His writing differed from other writers
of the time, in which he was more consistent and detailed, instead of just
blabbering about really nothing at all, which was very common back in
those days from the other writers. Euclid was a very uniform acting person,
unlike some of the other famous educational figures of the time, like
Einstein. He always preached that shortcuts in geometry were not an option.
He said that there has to be a complete job done and everything has to be
worked out until exceeding all possibilities.

     Euclid’s contributions and accomplishments are plenty. He wrote the
very famous book The Elements, which might have easily been the most
famous and successful book of all time, besides the Bible. There is 13 books
of  The Elements, with all 465 propositions from plane and solid geometry
as well as number th...

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