Euclid

Plato was born between 424 and 428 B.C. and died between 347 and 348 B.C. He had powerful parents, with his father, Ariston, being a descendent of the last king of Athens, and his mother, Perictione, was descended from the great lawmaker Solon. His father died when he was very young, and his mother remarried a man named Pyrilampes. Plato had a large family, with two brothers, a sister, and a half brother. He was originally known as Aristocles, but he chose Plato as a wrestling stage name, and…

The Greeks are an influential civilization, although the group does believe in some strange superstitions, such as not eating beans, for that fact that they believed beans contain souls of the dead (10 Facts About the Ancient Greeks)! Greece is a peninsula containing numerous islands, surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and the Aegean Sea on the other (Sakoulas “Introduction”). Its location is significant in helping create the Greek lifestyle, which highly depends on trade and…

The great Neil deGrasse Tyson once said something along the lines of humans have only discovered about 4% of the universe. Not only does my fear of what I don't know going on below my feet in the ocean scare the crap out of me, but that big star filled sky does as well. It doesn't just scare me, but it probably scares and excites scientists studying it all over the world. Since we only know a fraction of the inter-workings of the universe, there are many questions and things going on that we…

and that’s why behind the building lies amazing mathematical concepts and symmetry. The Parthenon was built on extremely precise dimensions according to the law of geometry. Not until about 300 BC was the golden ratio documented in “Elements” by Euclid. However, the use of golden ratio can almost be found everywhere in the Parthenon. The height of the columns perfectly satisfy the golden ratio with the structural beam on top of the columns. The wide of the columns also stands in golden ratio…

What constitutes effective practice in Secondary (KS3/KS4) Mathematics teaching? “It is noble to teach oneself; it is still nobler to teach others.” -- Mark Twain “Mathematics is a more powerful instrument of knowledge than any other that has been bequeathed to us by human agency.” -- René Descartes Introduction In the ‘good old days’ the emphasis was on “the three Rs: reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmetic”.x More recent developments have emphasized the core of literacy (“the ability to read,…

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Some people think I’m mean because the way my facial expression is always a straight face. Others think I am quiet because if I don't know you then you won’t hear much from me. People always call me the fast girl from Euclid. Folks from different schools and cities know me from track. The way people viewed Lani and me are totally different. My family thinks i’m spoiled and can get what I want. Everyone actually thinks i’m spoiled even though i’m not. A lot of people think…

Oh Mighty Greeks! The Ancient Greeks from the Greek Golden Age (c.a.480-430 B.C.E) up to the culmination of the Classical Style during the Hellenistic Age (323-30 B.C.E), were able to build one of the greatest empires the world has ever seen. We all have probably heard stories from the Ancient Greeks in our lives, but no until we research and study in depth their culture, one cannot fully understand the magnitude of the legacy of their classical culture. Due to the Ancient Greeks influence in…

considered joining the priesthood, however, his father wished for him to study medicine, so in 1583 Galileo enrolled at the University of Pisa. It was here that Galileo’s interest in mathematics was first piqued. He accidentally attended a lecture on Euclid, and from that point on, he was hooked. As Charles Schlichter of the American Scientist put it, “His dormant genius was aroused at once, and he threw all his energies into the new pursuits.” He then convinced his reluctant father to let him…

 Venice monopolized 1/8th of all printed books  Illustrations increased book sales  How did printing affect the world?  Governments printed laws, declarations of war, and propaganda  Book banning and illegal book smuggling occurred  Mass publication of the Bible Art and the Artist/Art and Power  The 3 capitals of renaissance art : Florence, Rome, and Venice  During the Middle Ages and 1400s, the main subject of art was religion  Religious art pieces were created to keep people in the…