I don’t recommend much, but read Euclid in the original language. The Almagest is probably bogus, but it was about the only astronomical reference generally available in Europe until Copernicus.
I don’t recommend much, but read Euclid in the original language. The Almagest is probably bogus, but it was about the only astronomical reference generally available in Europe until Copernicus.”
I agree. Reading Euclid in Greek would be bad-ass for sure. That is definitely a goal. If I were an educator, I would also push in that direction. However, from my vantage point here and now, I have to make due with the Heath translation.