I first started teaching Geometry last year and have taken over "Informal Geometry" this year. As the name of the second class implies, the idea of formal proof is strongly de-emphasized; this class ...

The tenets of Euclidean geometry and artistry of formal garden design become keystones shaping modernity in the latest exploration by historian Alexander (Infinitesimal) of math’s influence on history ...

Though pictures are often used to present mathematical arguments, they are not typically thought to be an acceptable means for presenting mathematical arguments rigorously. With respect to the proofs ...

It is often said that the most influential book in the history of Western thought is Euclid’s mathematical treatise “Elements.” The work of a Greek mathematician living in Alexandria around the year ...

World Scientific has published a book on the Participatory approach to Modern Geometry by Jay Kappraff. Written to meet a specific need as there is no book on rigorous Euclidean geometry available on ...

https://doi.org/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.122.03.233 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/amer.math.monthly.122.03.233 The Monthly publishes articles, as well as ...

SCREF copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. An eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped our world. On a cloudy day in 1413, a balding young man stood at the entrance to ...