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OCR: c.300 BC During the reign of the Egyptian ruler Ptolemy (c.367 BC- 283 BC), Euclid establishes school at Alexandria Egypt. This becomes the center of Greek scientific study Euclid compiles a series of13 books called Elements These are based on his own work and the works of other Greek mathematicians, including Hippocrates ofChios (5th century BC) Theudius, Theaetetus, and Eudoxus. These books set out geometric formulas, such those crea tec by the Greek ma thematician and philosopher Pythagoras 570 BC 500 BC) to calculate h size ofcircles and spheres. and for the volumes of regular solids They lay the foundations of modern mathematics. Other subjects covered in Elements include optics and perspective. Euclid's work is translated into Arabic, and his influence spreads throughout Europe and t ...