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Tag Archives: Euclid’s Elements

OUR AXIOMATIC FOUNDING FATHER

“WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS to be self-evident” begins the second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence. Its author Thomas Jefferson then enumerates these truths: “that all men are … Continue reading

October 4, 2016 · Leave a comment

NICOLAS BOURBAKI—PHANTOM MATH GUY

WE KNOW the names Archimedes, Euclid, Newton, Einstein and a few others as important personages in science. But some of the most fundamental science of the 20th Century is attributed … Continue reading

November 29, 2013 · 7 Comments