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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Euclid's Elements, a mathematical text
book attributed to Euclid and in use from its appearance in Alexandria,
Egypt around 300 BC until modern times, dealing with geometry and
number theory. It has been described as the most influential text book
ever written. Einstein had a copy as a child, which he treasured, later saying
'If Euclid failed to kindle your youthful enthusiasm, then you were not
born to be a scientific thinker.'

With

Marcus du Sautoy,
Professor of
Mathematics and Simonyi, Professor for the Public Understanding of
Science at the University of Oxford

, Serafina Cuomo,
Reader in Roman
History at Birkbeck University of London

And

June Barrow, Green

Professor of the History of Mathematics at the Open University.