Jewclidean Geometry: Pickaxing the Axioms of the War on Anti-Semitism, by Tobias Langdon
Euclid envy. Itβs a rare phrase and a common phenomenon. Down the centuries, countless thinkers, knowingly and unknowingly, have sought to emulate the Greek mathematician Euclid (~330β~275 BC) and his world-historic book Stoikheia, The Elements. Itβs the foundation-stone of geometry, which literally means βearth-measuring.β I find The Elements both astonishing and awe-inspiring. Itβs astonishing to...