Elements of Algebra is one of the earliest books to set out algebra in the modern form we would recognize today (another early book being Elements of Algebra by Nicholas Saunderson, published in 1740), and is one of Euler's few writings, along with Letters to a German Princess, that are accessible to the general public.
Elements of Algebra is one of the earliest books to present algebra in a form recognizable today (another early book being Elements of Algebra by Nicholas Saunderson, published in 1740), and it is one of Euler's few works, alongside Letters to a German Princess, that are accessible to the general public.