"Plato has been called a maker of mathematicians. Besides the pupils already named, the Eudemian Summary mentions the following: Theaetetus of Athens, a man of great natural gifts, to whom, no doubt, Euclid was greatly indebted in the composition of the 10th book, treating of incommensurables; Leodamas of Thasos; Neocleides and his pupil Leon, who added much to the work of their predecessors, for Leon wrote an Elements carefully designed, both in number and utility of its proofs; Theudius of Magnesia, who composed a very good book of Elements and generalised propositions, which had been confined to particular cases; Hermotimus of Colophon, who discovered many propositions of the Elements and composed some on loci; and finally the names of Amyclas of Heraclea, Cyzicenus of Athens, and Philippus of Mende."
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A History of Mathematics by Florian Cajori was the first popular history of mathematics written in the United States. It was published in 1893.
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