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Well from the way the linked article describes it, there is no 'story' to maths like Euclidian geometry.

After all, what were the original motivations for compass and straightedge constructions? Ideas about perfection, symmetry, and constructability are all very abstract.

I found https://www.euclidea.xyz/ to be fun, but then I find drawing Girih patterns fun, and I'm also not 8 years old :)



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