The exciting history of the book that, over two thousand three hundred years, has shaped science, philosophy, art, and even literature.
It would be difficult to find a more influential book in the history of culture than Euclid's Elements. Over the course of two thousand three hundred years, its power has gone beyond mathematics and science to exert a notable influence in areas such as art, literature and philosophy. Countless readers have felt trapped by his wisdom about space and its properties, in an endless world of abstract beauty and pure ideas.

Few artifacts survive the collapse of the culture that generated them; Few texts overcome the disappearance of the language in which they are written. The Elements has survived both; In fact, we can say that it has not only survived, but thrived while going through a series of incredibly diverse situations.

The sculptors of the western façade of Chartres Cathedral represented Euclid, the scholars of Abbasid Baghdad translated his book; an Athenian philosopher wrote about it, and an American artist turned diagrams of it into works of art. In addition to these examples chosen from among many throughout the history of humanity, the Elements had a relevant role in the scientific revolution, the foundation of which was the decision to read the book of nature as if it were written in the language of the math.

Generation after generation has discovered the Elements in new places and been inspired to create by them. In short, Euclid's work has traveled through worlds that the Greeks who wrote and read the text for the first time could not even imagine.

This journey of twenty-three centuries has been fascinating. Join us and you will discover it.