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" That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than the two right angles. "
Euclid's Elements of geometry [book 1-6, 11,12] with explanatory notes ... - Page 26
by Euclides - 1845
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Cognitive Justice in a Global World: Prudent Knowledges for a Decent Life

Boaventura de Sousa Santos - Law - 2007 - 472 pages
...postulate for geometry in the plane states that "if a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than...
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The Nature of Statistical Evidence

Bill Thompson - Mathematics - 2007 - 155 pages
...right angles are equal to one another. V. That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than...
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The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-year History

Eli Maor - Pythagorean theorem - 2007 - 296 pages
...right angles are equal to one another. 5. That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than...
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Continuous Symmetry: From Euclid to Klein

William H. Barker, Roger Howe - Mathematics - 574 pages
...Here is an English translation of what it said. If a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which the angles are less than...
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From Clockwork to Crapshoot

Roger G. Newton - Science - 2007 - 366 pages
...last one, which he stated this way: "If a straight line crossing two straight lines makes the sum of the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if continued indefinitely will meet on that side on which the two angles add...
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How Round is Your Circle?: Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet

John Bryant, Christopher J. Sangwin - Mathematics - 2008 - 352 pages
...right angles are equal to one another, and 5. that if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if extended indefinitely, meet on that side on which the angles are less than...
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Impossible?: Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums

Julian Havil - Mathematics - 2008 - 249 pages
...the fifth postulate was at least cumbersome: That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than...
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