# Here’s looking at Euclid

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Robin Wilson
- Year: 2004
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/heres-looking-euclid)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It is often argued that mathematics as we know it today originated in Greece, and names such as Pythagoras, Euclid and Archimedes are certainly part of our culture. But Archimedes did much more than run naked through the streets shouting Eureka! So what specific contributions did the Greeks make, what types of mathematical problems interested them, and why do we now consider them so important?

## Lectures

1. [Here’s looking at Euclid](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/heres-looking-euclid/cb4f44a9649a) (YouTube)