From Euclid into Chaos
Euclidean Geometry Chronograph
- 2750 BC, sacred geometry constructions in Egypt, Mesopotamia
- 500 BC, Thales begins to prove that constructions work
- 500 BC, Pythagoras elevates geometry to a religion
- 280 BC, Euclid writes the Elements
Revised 01 January 1999 by Ralph Abraham
<abraham@vmi.vismath.org>