Talk:Euclid and his Modern Rivals
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CORRECTION: The final sentence of the first paragraph is wrong and should be dropped. The idea that Dodgson was somehow against non-Euclidean geometry is based on a common misconception. The book has nothing at all to do with non-Euclidean geometry. The modern rivals were the writers of textbooks in use at that time and (according to Dodgson, who might well have been correct) inferior to Euclid. His idea was that Euclid's original text should be used in the schools. H.S.M. Coxeter, who wrote the preface to the Dover edition, referred to that misconception, adding that there is no evidence that Dodgson had even heard of non-Euclidean geometry. --unsigned comment by IP 142.3.219.69 20:50, 22 February 2006
[edit] Deletion
I think that this article should be nominated for deletion because Euclid and His Modern Rivals is at best only of historic interest. Prb4 18:52, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
- I strongly oppose, especially since you have given no reason for deletion. Historical interest is as good as many other interests, and better than most. The article does need work, though. -- Doctormatt 00:37, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
