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Challenging the Master.

This article discusses about the recent issue of "National Parent-Teacher" that come up with some evidence that challenges Euclid's system of geometry by some archeologist in Iraq. A textbook was found on the site of an ancient city near Baghdad which contain an answer to a famous Euclidean triangle...

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Published in:Education Digest Vol. 15; no. 9; p. 26
Format: Article
Published: Prakken Publications May1950
Subjects:
Euclidean algorithm
Geometry
Euclid
Textbooks
Archaeologists
Iraq
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:This article discusses about the recent issue of "National Parent-Teacher" that come up with some evidence that challenges Euclid's system of geometry by some archeologist in Iraq. A textbook was found on the site of an ancient city near Baghdad which contain an answer to a famous Euclidean triangle problem.