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Euclid's Elements
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Euclid's foundational treatise on geometry and number theory. Recommended by Paul Graham.
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“The best I can think of are W. W. Sawyer's. And of course Euclid.”
Page cites Paul Graham's essay on college where he recommends Euclid.
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Selected and championed by Hawking in his edited anthology 'God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History' (2005), with his own biographical and explanatory commentary.
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Listed on Stewart Brand's Manual for Civilization book list.
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3 SOURCEs- paulgraham.com link
- en.wikipedia.org link
- blog.longnow.org · Stewart Brand Book List for Manual reading list
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