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The Elements of Euclid

by simonsarris on 1/7/25, 9:41 PM with 9 comments

• by woolion on 1/8/25, 8:10 AM

  Previous discussions

  2023 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37550846

  2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697567

  And another approach, Fancy Euclid's “Elements” in TeX

  2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20019616

• by lern_too_spel on 1/8/25, 2:26 AM

  While Byrne's is beautiful, I prefer having the cross-references and additional analysis of http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/bookI/propI1.....

• by thrance on 1/8/25, 12:47 AM

  Nice project, but usage of the long s "ſ" makes this somewhat unpleasant to go through. Also it's a medieval character, Euclid didn't know of it, so is it purely to decorate the text? To make it feel more ancient?

• by LordGronk on 1/8/25, 8:01 AM

  I would love to someday see a version of this or a hardcopy of Byrne’s version but with the original greek text and a modern apparatus criticus.

• by hawksprite on 1/8/25, 1:43 AM

  This is very beautiful. Your other projects are inspiring as well. Thank you so much for sharing.

• by intalentive on 1/8/25, 1:15 AM

  Lovely site, thanks for sharing. Much nicer to look at than my beat up old Dover edition.