Euclid's Elements (In Our Time)
300 BCE · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Euclid's Elements, a mathematical text book attributed to Euclid and in use from its appearance in Alexandria, Egypt around 300 BC until modern times, dealing with geometry and number theory. It has been described as the most influential text book ever written. Einstein had a copy as a child, which he treasured, later saying "
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Around 300 BCE
- Qin Shi Huang unifies China (221 BCE)
- Han dynasty (202 BCE)
- Mahabharata (400 BCE)
- Aristotle (384 BCE)
- Maurya Empire (322 BCE)
- Plato's Republic written (375 BCE)
- Punic Wars (264 BCE)
- Alexander the Great (356 BCE)
- Euclid's Elements (300 BCE)
- Reign of Ashoka the Great (268 BCE)