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The Elements

by Euclid · Thomas L. Heath (trans.)

The foundational textbook of Greek geometry in thirteen books. It defines the division in extreme and mean ratio, later called the golden ratio, and ends with the construction of the five regular solids and the proof that there are no others.

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