Euclid’s response to King Ptolemy I when the latter asked him to find an easier way to learn geometry
The Greek philosopher Proclus wrote of the fascination that Ptolemy I, Egypt's pharaoh in 300 B.C., had with geometry. He invited Euclid, the Greek mathematician called "the father of geometry," to Alexandria to teach him. After a week or so, Ptolemy told Euclid that the process...
20 November, 2023
