In your schooldays most of you who read this book made acquaintance with the noble building of Euclid's geometry, and you remember — perhaps with more respect than love — the magnificent structure, on the lofty staircase of which you were chased about for uncounted hours by conscientious teachers.


Translated by Robert W. Lawson, Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Part I, Chapter 1 (p. 5), Pi Press. 2005


In your schooldays most of you who read this book made acquaintance with the noble building of Euclid's geometry, and you remember — perhaps with...

In your schooldays most of you who read this book made acquaintance with the noble building of Euclid's geometry, and you remember — perhaps with...

In your schooldays most of you who read this book made acquaintance with the noble building of Euclid's geometry, and you remember — perhaps with...

In your schooldays most of you who read this book made acquaintance with the noble building of Euclid's geometry, and you remember — perhaps with...