seanstickle

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Elements

Euclid
7 readers · Mathematics, History

seanstickle · Aug 11, 2009

But to start from scratch and learn rigorous math-by-proof, he has no equal.

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seanstickle · Aug 11, 2009

Start with Euclid's _Elements_

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Almagest

Ptolemy
1 reader · History, Mathematics, Science

seanstickle · Aug 11, 2009

Ptolemy's _Almagest_

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Conic Sections

Apollonius of Perga
1 reader · Mathematics

seanstickle · Aug 11, 2009

I have not yet found a better teacher on conics than Appolonius

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Conics

Apollonius of Perga
1 reader · History, Mathematics

seanstickle · Aug 11, 2009

Apollonius's wonderful treatise on conic sections

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