WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT GREECE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Greek mathematician who was one of the greatest in history, studied plane geometry; wrote the first book about math.
A
Socrates
B
Archimedes
C
Euclid
D
Pythagoras
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Euclid, Greek Eukleides, (flourished c. 300 bce, Alexandria, Egypt), the most prominent mathematician of Greco-Roman antiquity, best known for his treatise on geometry, the Elements .

Detailed explanation-2: -Euclid’s Elements (Ancient Greek: Stoikheîa) is a mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt c. 300 BC.

Detailed explanation-3: -Euclid was a Greek mathematician best known for his treatise on geometry: The Elements. This influenced the development of Western mathematics for more than 2000 years.

Detailed explanation-4: -Euclid’s First Group of Postulates-the Common Notions: If equals are added to equals, the results are equal. If equals are subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal. Things that coincide with each other are equal to each other. The whole is greater than the part.

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