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These pages are based on ideas of construction that
can be traced back over 2000 years to the works of Euclid (thought to be born
around 325 BC). Read The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements for a key
source book.
Some of the content of Book I is
included as a part of this Construction project and you can browse through the
propositions at any time whilst working on the project.
You can buy
Euclid's Elements online:
| Volume 1 (Books I, II): |
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| Volume 2 (Books (III-IX): |
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Another source book is Sacred Geometry by
Robert Lawlor, which explores geometry using illustrations from science and
art, such as Islamic tiles, atomic structure, architectural proportions and
fine art. Nine workbooks lead you through geometric constructions using only a
pencil, compass, straight-edge and graph paper. Includes the Vesica Piscis,
Golden Section, Squaring the Circle, Geometry and Music, the Platonic Solids
and more. Interspersed with philosophy about the meanings and symbolism of
sacred geometry.
Some of the ideas in Sacred
Geometry are included as a part of this Construction project and you can
browse through them at any time whilst working on the project.
You can buy
Sacred Geometry at:
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| A. N.
Kostovskii |
Geometrical Constructions Using Compasses Only,
Pergamon Press. |
| Martin
Gardner |
Mathematical Circus, Penguin
You can buy
Mathematical Circus at:
Both the above two books provide background to the
Circle-only constructions
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| Max Jeger |
Transformation Geometry, Allen and Unwin
You
can buy it at:
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| David Wells |
The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting
Mathematics, Penguin
You can buy it at:
You are a mathematician, Penguin
You
can buy it at:
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| Benjamin Bold |
Famous Problems of Geometry and how to solve
them, Dover |
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