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It's wild to me that Euclid's Elements made #15. Not that math isn't a great thing to learn but are hundreds of pages of (translated) straight propositions from
by zamadatix 3y ago
It's wild to me that Euclid's Elements made #15. Not that math isn't a great thing to learn but are hundreds of pages of (translated) straight propositions from over two millennia ago really such a superior means of learning vs everything written since that it's still the 3rd most referenced math book in the list? I mean it's not like the propositions will have changed but surely there are many improved arrangements of teaching the concepts by now that people would be using and mentioning instead? Dunno, maybe it's just my ignorance for not trying it.
- BobaFloutist 3y agoI would imagine people aren't reading Euclid's Elements as a math textbook so much as a historical document
- zamadatix 3y agoThat's what I figured as well but the "first mention" link is comments about people using it as learning material!