Euclide

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Author: Niccolo Tartaglia

Publication Location: Venice

Year: 1543

Exhibit: The New Physics

Section: Machines in Motion

Summary

Tartaglia, a teacher of a teacher of Galileo, produced the first vernacular translation of Euclid’s Elements of Geometry.

Theme(s): Mathematics, Physics, Engineering

Chronological Period: 16th century

Geographical Region(s): Italy, Europe, Greece
Resource Type: Book