Menelaus of Alexandria

Menelaus of Alexandria in Wikipedia

Menelaus of Alexandria (c. 70–140 CE) was a Greek[1] mathematician and astronomer, the first to recognize geodesics on a curved surface as natural analogs of straight lines. Life and Works Although very little is known about Menelaus's life, it is supposed that he lived in Rome, where he probably moved after having spent his youth in Alexandria. H...

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