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Mathematical Treasure: Euclid's Data per Claude Hardy

Author(s): 
Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University)

Claude Hardy (ca.1604-1678) was a French intellectual, lawyer, and translator of scientific tracts. He was involved with Marin Mersenne's community of mathematicians and scientists and was a friend of Descartes. He published his Latin translation of Euclid’s Data in 1625, which also included the first printed edition of the original Greek text.

Title page of Euclidis Data translated by Claude Hardy, 1625

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Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University), "Mathematical Treasure: Euclid's Data per Claude Hardy," Convergence (September 2018)