Back up Euclid's elements in all their visually conceptual glory
"Last year we started an adventure. We created a very small independent publishing house specialising in the history of science" writes Kronecker Wallis on it's latest Kickstarter campaign.With Isaac Newton’s Principia already a success KW will continue it's different approach to the editorial design that is typically found in mathematical or physics texts with Euclid's Elements.
"Euclid's Elements has been referred to as the most successful and influential textbook ever written. It was one of the very earliest mathematical works to be printed after the invention of the printing press and has been estimated to be second only to the Bible, in the number of editions published since the first printing in 1482. The Elements is a mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid. It is a collection of definitions, postulates, propositions (theorems and constructions), and mathematical proofs of the propositions. Elements is the oldest surviving large-scale deductive treatment of mathematics. It has proven instrumental in the development of logic and modern science" comments KW on Oliver Byrne take of Euclid's scientific treasure with a totally new and innovative language filled with visual concepts which needs to be reissued after 1847, the year Byrne's first six books of the Elements of Euclid were released - along with the rest seven volumes of Euclid's wisdom.
KW's minimalist graphic design never looked more appropriate so let's back up the project and celebrate geometry's brand new visual language at it's best.
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