who wrote the book the elements
Euclid's Elements Euclid's Elements. Euclid's Elements (Ancient Greek: ÏÏÎ¿Î¹ÏÎµá¿Î± Stoicheia) is a mathematical and geometric treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt c. 300 BC.