Geometry

According to Immanuel Kant, space is an a priori intuition. He backs up his claim with four reasons why he believes that it is an a prirori intuition. Each reason he states a transcendental and metaphysical concept to showcase that space is an a priori intuition. The first reason why Kant believed that space is an a priori intuition is because space is not known through empirical abstraction. In other words, space is not a concept that results from experience, in which Kant refers to as…

The data size of hand geometry is huge, and data storage capacity for most organizations will probably need to be increased. Although this system is easy to use and less expensive than the others, there are some limitations. However, it is easy to collect this data. Again, this method is easy to use and is less expensive. The data collection for this method is easy and factors such as whether or not a person has arthritis or clean hands is not an issue. Hand Geometry Biometrics is also…

If he acquired it, he cannot have done so in his present life. Or has someone taught him geometry?” (85e) Meno was under the impression that this boy had been born with this knowledge, but Socrates teaches him that he had come to learn geometry through another person. At first Meno suggest that since we live many lives our knowledge must be carried on from life to life but that is not the case. Socrates insists that…

Age of Science geometryEuclid: Living in about 300 BC, Euclid wrote a book that is still used as the basis for the study of plane geometry. This is a type of geometry where math is used to study shapes. The basis of Euclid’s geometry was to prove one thing, and then base the rest of the study of shapes off of the basic proof. He used proofs to prove his ideas about geometry, all based off of the proof that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Euclid is still the most…

adulthood. Riemann was second among his 6 brothers and sisters, and all of them received the mainly education by his father. Since he was young, he showed extraordinary well-marked mathematical powers; his progress went by so fast in arithmetic and geometry that when they least expected he was beyond not only of his…

Republic, written in 360 B.C., promoted education, specifically in mathematics: arithmetic, plane geometry, and solid geometry. According to Plato, all of the learning would be used to enhance political training to prepare philosopher kings for ruling a city (Coumoundouros). Plato’s teachings were followed by Roman educator Quintilian, who in fact recommended a broad literacy education: music, astronomy, geometry, and philosophy. These new teachings were later seen in the Renaissance period…

of God, therefore it should be encouraged instead of prohibited. Thomas Hobbes also expressed passion by defending geometry. In Leviathan, Hobbes wrote, “The doctrine of what is right and wrong is perpetually disputed by the pen and by the sword but geometry is not… it affects no one’s ambition, profit, or lust… I know it would be suppressed,” (Doc 5). Hobbes clarified that geometry is being ignored even though it was harmless. The ignorance of the people affected scientists who valued the…

of his claim that learning is nothing more than recollecting what we already know, so Socrates responds by calling over a slave boy and, after establishing that the boy has never received any mathematical training of any kind, Socrates sets him a geometry problem, in which the boy is asked to double the area of a square. The boy tries numerous ways to solve the problem, at first answering that in order to solve the problem you should double the lengths of the sides, then when discovering that…

Under the title of math there is so much that kindergarteners need to be exposed to within the school year, from number sense to addition and vocabulary and then geometry. This unit plan will introduce and explain one of the major geometry ideas that need to be taught in kindergarten. At this age students need to be exposed to the common 3D shapes and be able to identify the shapes and the characteristics of the shapes. Another important idea is to be able to explain what makes 2D shapes…

Gsell from 1776-1783, and Katharina Gsell from 1734-1773. Leonhard was a Swiss mathematician and physicist, which helped in him being one of the founders in pure mathematics. Euler contributed to analytic geometry and trigonometry. Euler's work also revolutionized the fields of calculus, geometry, and number theory. In Euler’s younger years, his father wanted him to be a clergyman. Which is a male priest, minister, or religious leader.Euler gained…