Euclid and His Modern Rivals
The author of Alice in Wonderland (and an Oxford professor of mathematics) employs the fanciful format of a play set in Hell to take a hard look at late-19th-century interpretations of Euclidean geometry. Carroll's penetrating observations on geometry are accompanied by ample doses of his famous wit. 1885 edition
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Introduction to The Dover Edition; Preface to Second Edition; Contents; Act I; Act II; Act III; Act IV; Appendices; I; Extract from Mr. Todhunters essay on 'Elementary Geometry' included in 'The Conflict of Studies, & c'; II; Extract from Mr. De Morgan's review of Mr. Wilson's Geometry, in the 'Athenceum' for July 18, 1868; III; Proof that, if any one Proposition of Table II be granted as an Axiom, the rest can be deduced from it; IV; List of Propositions of Euc. I, II, with references to their occurrence in the manuals of his Modern Rivals:-
1. References to Legendre, Cuthbertson, Henrici, Wilson, Pierce, and Willock 2. References to the other Modern Rivals