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We could present spatially an atomic fact which contradicted the laws of physics, but not one which contradicted the laws of geometry. Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, New York, 1922. |
Loci: ConvergenceMathematical TreasuresNasir al-Din al-Tusi's Commentary on Euclid's Elements
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201 – 1274) was a Persian astronomer and mathematician. He is noted for writing the first major work on pure trigonometry as well as for his commentaries on Greek works. This is a page from a later Arabic edition of his commentary on Euclid’s Elements, a page dealing with Euclid's method of exhaustion. |