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[[File:Woman_teaching_geometry_circa_1309.jpg|thumb|Women teaching geometry (1309).]]'''Geometry''' (from the Ancient Greek: ''γεωμετρία''; ''geo-'' "earth", ''-metron'' "[[measurement]]") is a branch of [[mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematics]] concerned with questions of shape, size, volume, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. | [[File:Woman_teaching_geometry_circa_1309.jpg|thumb|Women teaching geometry (1309).]]'''Geometry''' (from the Ancient Greek: ''γεωμετρία''; ''geo-'' "earth", ''-metron'' "[[measurement]]") is a branch of [[mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematics]] concerned with questions of shape, size, volume, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. | ||
Geometry arose independently in a number of early cultures as a body of practical knowledge concerning lengths, areas, and volumes, with elements of formal mathematical science emerging in the West as early as [[Thales]] (6th century BC). | Geometry arose independently in a number of early cultures as a body of practical knowledge concerning lengths, areas, and volumes, with elements of formal mathematical science emerging in the West as early as [[Thales]] (6th century BC). | ||
By the 3rd century BC, geometry was put into an axiomatic form by [[Euclid (nonfiction)]], whose treatment -- Euclidean geometry-- set a standard for many centuries to follow. | By the 3rd century BC, geometry was put into an axiomatic form by [[Euclid (nonfiction)]], whose treatment -- Euclidean geometry-- set a standard for many centuries to follow. | ||
[[Archimedes (nonfiction)]] developed ingenious techniques for calculating areas and volumes, in many ways anticipating modern integral calculus. | [[Archimedes (nonfiction)]] developed ingenious techniques for calculating areas and volumes, in many ways anticipating modern integral calculus. | ||
In the classical world, both geometry and astronomy were considered to be part of the Quadrivium, a subset of the seven liberal arts considered essential for a free citizen to master. | In the classical world, both geometry and astronomy were considered to be part of the Quadrivium, a subset of the seven liberal arts considered essential for a free citizen to master. | ||
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File:Hexahedron.jpg|link=Cube (nonfiction)|[[Cube (nonfiction)|Cube]] to give guest lecture in [[Mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematics]] class. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | |||
* [[Forbidden Ratio]] | |||
* [[Geometry solvent]] | * [[Geometry solvent]] | ||
* [[Gnotilus]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | |||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry Geometry] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry Geometry] @ Wikipedia | ||
Revision as of 17:48, 22 June 2016
Geometry (from the Ancient Greek: γεωμετρία; geo- "earth", -metron "measurement") is a branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, volume, relative position of figures, and the properties of space.
Geometry arose independently in a number of early cultures as a body of practical knowledge concerning lengths, areas, and volumes, with elements of formal mathematical science emerging in the West as early as Thales (6th century BC).
By the 3rd century BC, geometry was put into an axiomatic form by Euclid (nonfiction), whose treatment -- Euclidean geometry-- set a standard for many centuries to follow.
Archimedes (nonfiction) developed ingenious techniques for calculating areas and volumes, in many ways anticipating modern integral calculus.
In the classical world, both geometry and astronomy were considered to be part of the Quadrivium, a subset of the seven liberal arts considered essential for a free citizen to master.
In the News
Cube to give guest lecture in mathematics class.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Geometry @ Wikipedia