Euclid is referred to as the father of Geometry. He was a Greek Mathematician who is thought to live in the years 330-260 BC. However, the exact date that he was born is not known. At the same time his place of birth is not certain but his works can be easily traced around Greek. His father Naucrates and his grandfather, Zenarchus was thought to be from Damascus but there is no much proof that Euclid was born in this place. He is also known as Euclid of Alexandria (Barnes-Svarney, p. 12). He developed a lot of books that were used at the time for learning mathematics. He put more emphasis on geometry. It is thought that the reason why he advanced in geometry was the fact that Greek numbers system was difficult to understand. For example the system did not have a Zero. There was thus the need to have a way that people could make sense of various facts that in other countries was explained in mathematical numbers. In this paper I will speak abo
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euclid's life and achievements
2. Born within the range of 325 B.C in Greece and died around 265 B.C. Euclid most likely came from affluent family because it was widely known that he actually enrolled and finished from the school of Plato in the old Greece. Following his education, he got teaching appointment in Alexandria, Egypt. He was in there when he wrote his popular book “The elements”. To buttress this fact Euclid of Alexandria is usually mistaken or confused as Euclid of Megara, another Socratic philosopher. His book “The elements” is what really distinguished Euclid from the rest. Euclidean Geometry is the content of the book and is very useful in the elementary and middle class. 3. GEOMETRY AROUND US Our daily life is filled with geometry—the pure mathematics of points, lines, curves and surfaces. We can observe various shapes and angles in the objects that surround us. Observe, for example, this table and its rectangular surface; the boomerang and its angular 
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Euclid
1. 332255 BBCCEE –– 226655 BBCCEE 2. Eclids Work in the field Eclids Work in the field of of Mathematics Mathematics Euclid was, also known as Euclid of Alexandria, was a Greek mathematician, often referred to as the "Father of Geometry". His Elements is one of the most influential works in the history of mathematics, serving as the main textbook for teaching mathematics (especially geometry). In the Elements, Euclid deduced the principles of what fryst vatten now called Euclidean geometry from a small set of axioms. Euclid also wrote works on perspective, conic sections, spherical geometry, number theory and rigor. 3. Euclid's Geometry ● The word 'geometry' fryst vatten derived from the greek word 'geo' meaning 'Earth' and 'metron' meaning 'measuring'. Thus, the word geometry means 'earth measurement'. ● Euclid was the first mathematician who initiated a new way of thinking the study of geometry results bygd dedu