Euclid’s puzzling parallel postulate - Jeff Dekofsky
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Euclid, known as
the "Father of Geometry," developed several of modern geometry's most enduring theorems--but what can we make of his mysterious
fifth postulate, the parallel postulate? Jeff Dekofsky shows us how
mathematical minds have put the postulate to the test and led to
larger questions of how we understand mathematical principles.
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