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270 BC
Major worksElements
The Greek mathematician of Alexandria whose Elements organized geometry into a rigorous system built from definitions, axioms, and proofs, becoming one of the most influential textbooks ever written. For more than two thousand years it was the model of logical reasoning itself, shaping not only mathematics but the very idea of how knowledge can be demonstrated.
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