Oliver Byrne. The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid
Taschen, Oliver Byrne • Taschen • ISBN 9783836577380
Oliver Byrne. The First Six Books of the Elements of Euclid
Taschen, Oliver Byrne • Taschen • ISBN-13 9783836577380
ISBN-10 1673461557 • 1847 • Reprint Edition
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Nearly a century before Mondrian made geometrical red, yellow, and blue lines famous, 19th-century mathematician Oliver Byrne employed the color scheme for his 1847 edition of Euclid’s mathematical and geometric treatise Elements. Byrne’s idea was to use color to make learning easier and “diffuse permanent knowledge.” The result has been described as one of the oddest and most beautiful books of the 19th century.
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