In Bertrand Russell's words: “Mathematics, rightly viewed, possesses not only truth, but supreme beauty—a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture, without appeal to any part of our weaker nature, without the gorgeous trappings of painting or music, yet sublimely pure, and capable of a stern perfection such as only the greatest art can show.”
Math is a language of logic. It is a disciplined, organized way of thinking. There is a right answer; there are rules that must be followed. More than any other subject, math is rigor distilled. Mastering the language of logic helps to embed higher thinking. Reading Journey through Genius helped me understand to open my mind to the expansion of knowledge not just primarily a history of the development …show more content…
Both civilizations developed mathematics that was similar in some ways but different in others. The mathematics of Egypt, at least what is known from the papyri, can essentially be called applied arithmetic. The Egyptians were more of a rhetorical stage with the having a primitive neural system as well as some geometric ideas. Hieroglyphic numerals in Egypt Hieroglyphics for numbers were introduced around 3000 BCE most likely. The number glyphs were: a stroke, or staff, for one; a heel bone for 10; a coil of rope for 100; a lotus flower for 1,000; a pointing finger for 10,000; a burbot fish or tadpole for 100,000; and an astonished man for 1,000,000. Their number system was based on the ten system; however, they used a simple grouping system rather than a positional system. Insight into the spatial relationship in regard to the areas of the fields and pastures such insights had carried in geometry. With the beginning of civilization, arithmetic and geometry made a primitive form. 3000 BC the Mesopotamian states of Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria, together with Ancient Egypt and Ebola began using arithmetic, algebra, and geometry for purposes of taxation, commerce, trade and also in the field of astronomy and to formulate calendars and record …show more content…
The Egyptians had architects that used a clever device to construct angles using 12 equally long segments of rope into a loop; when laid on the ground it allowed to construct a perfect right angle at the corner of a pyramid, temple, or building. This simple implicated construction had shown they had an understanding of the Pythagorean relationship of right triangles. The Egyptians knew that a triangle with sides of length 3,4, and 5 have to contain a right angle. Even though this is a glimpse into an important theorem known as the Pythagorean theorem, they did have insight into the geometry of 3-4-5 right triangles, but it is doubtful they had a broader understanding of other triangle constructs. Along with the notion of proving a general mathematical result by carefully having a logical argument was not common for a lot of Egyptian writings. Inhabitants were to be conditioned to give unquestioned obedience to their rulers, Egyptian subjects were even hardly likely to demand a more thorough explanation. It was here in the land of the Pharaoh that subjects did what they were told to do, or question and end up a mummy before their
Math is a language of logic. It is a disciplined, organized way of thinking. There is a right answer; there are rules that must be followed. More than any other subject, math is rigor distilled. Mastering the language of logic helps to embed higher thinking. Reading Journey through Genius helped me understand to open my mind to the expansion of knowledge not just primarily a history of the development …show more content…
Both civilizations developed mathematics that was similar in some ways but different in others. The mathematics of Egypt, at least what is known from the papyri, can essentially be called applied arithmetic. The Egyptians were more of a rhetorical stage with the having a primitive neural system as well as some geometric ideas. Hieroglyphic numerals in Egypt Hieroglyphics for numbers were introduced around 3000 BCE most likely. The number glyphs were: a stroke, or staff, for one; a heel bone for 10; a coil of rope for 100; a lotus flower for 1,000; a pointing finger for 10,000; a burbot fish or tadpole for 100,000; and an astonished man for 1,000,000. Their number system was based on the ten system; however, they used a simple grouping system rather than a positional system. Insight into the spatial relationship in regard to the areas of the fields and pastures such insights had carried in geometry. With the beginning of civilization, arithmetic and geometry made a primitive form. 3000 BC the Mesopotamian states of Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria, together with Ancient Egypt and Ebola began using arithmetic, algebra, and geometry for purposes of taxation, commerce, trade and also in the field of astronomy and to formulate calendars and record …show more content…
The Egyptians had architects that used a clever device to construct angles using 12 equally long segments of rope into a loop; when laid on the ground it allowed to construct a perfect right angle at the corner of a pyramid, temple, or building. This simple implicated construction had shown they had an understanding of the Pythagorean relationship of right triangles. The Egyptians knew that a triangle with sides of length 3,4, and 5 have to contain a right angle. Even though this is a glimpse into an important theorem known as the Pythagorean theorem, they did have insight into the geometry of 3-4-5 right triangles, but it is doubtful they had a broader understanding of other triangle constructs. Along with the notion of proving a general mathematical result by carefully having a logical argument was not common for a lot of Egyptian writings. Inhabitants were to be conditioned to give unquestioned obedience to their rulers, Egyptian subjects were even hardly likely to demand a more thorough explanation. It was here in the land of the Pharaoh that subjects did what they were told to do, or question and end up a mummy before their