Oliver Byrne. Six Books of Euclid by Werner Oechslin

Oliver Byrne. Six Books of Euclid

Werner Oechslin

504 pages first pub 1847 (editions)

nonfiction art mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
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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...

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