Archimedes was among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity. Mathematicians usually cover a breadth of topics within mathematics in their undergraduate education‚ and then proceed to specialize in topics of their own choice at the graduate-level. In some universities‚ a qualifying exam serves to test both the breadth and depth of a student’s understanding of mathematics; the students who pass are permitted to work on a doctoral dissertation. A mathematician is a person with an extensive knowledge of mathematics who
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Hippocrates and Euclid. Plato esteemed geometry to be the entrance to his Academy. Let no man ignorant of geometry enter here. “Logical scandal” Theorems were believed to be correct as stated but they lacked the material to prove them. Euclid’s Elements was said to become the staple of mathematics or the standard. 13 books‚ 465 propositions (not all Euclid but rather a collection of great mathematicians work‚ started with 23 definitions‚ 5 postulates‚ 5 general axioms Euclid defined a 90
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novel‚Walk Two Moons‚ by Sharon Creech‚ Sal the main character and her father move from their farm in Bybanks‚ Kentucky‚ to an unknown place to them in Euclid‚ Ohio. Once they reach Euclid‚ Sal learns that her father met a woman‚ not just any woman‚ a woman by the name of Mrs.Cadaver who was with Sal’s mother during her last breaths. While in Euclid‚ Sal meets a girl named Phoebe. Phoebe and Sal become best friends and go on a wild ride together. Sal‚ and her grandparents decide they are going to go
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about the ideal forms‚ they admire the depth of Aristotle ’s thought. However‚ few people heard about the contribution of the Ancient Greeks in other sciences like medicine‚ which was made by Hippocrates‚ or mathematics and geometry by Pythagoras‚ Euclid and Archimedes and fewer know about technological achievements of the Ancient Greeks. Among these achievements we can find automatic doors‚ steam engine‚ air and water pumps‚ gears‚ astrolabes and clocks. The work principle of some of these inventions
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Melia Chui Lok Yi (20097621) The influence of Western science towards China’s way of thinking When we look at the history of China before the Western invasion‚ we can see that it was a self-sufficient country. It supplies itself with food and all sorts of necessities. Owing to the geography‚ China did not have many chances to connect with the West. Therefore‚ it has developed its own ideology‚ correlative thinking (Hall & Roger‚ 1998). But after the invasion starting from 1839 (1st opium war)
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Euclidean Geometry Geometry was thoroughly organized in about 300 BC‚ when the Greek mathematician Euclid gathered what was known at the time‚ added original work of his own‚ and arranged 465 propositions into 13 books‚ called ’Elements’. The books covered not only plane and solid geometry but also much of what is now known as algebra‚ trigonometry‚ and advanced arithmetic. Through the ages‚ the propositions have been rearranged‚ and many of the proofs are different‚ but the basic idea presented
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Mathematics in medieval Islam 1 Mathematics in medieval Islam In the history of mathematics‚ mathematics in medieval Islam‚ often termed Islamic mathematics or Arabic mathematics‚ is the mathematics developed in the Islamic world between 622 and 1600‚ during what is known as the Islamic Golden Age‚ in that part of the world where Islam was the dominant religion. Islamic science and mathematics flourished under the Islamic caliphate (also known as the Islamic Empire) established across the
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BC Calculus Post AP Exam Assignment: 500 BC-1 AD: Euclid‚ alive around 300 BC‚ completely transformed mathematics. His influence is extremely evident today in the fields of geometry‚ arithmetic‚ and optics. Living in a time when questioning thought‚ trying to understand the changing world‚ and developing ideas that could help understand the natural world‚ Euclid was able to identify and create ideas that transformed the way people viewed the world into a more mathematical‚ logical‚ and
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Harmony‚ pupil of Aristotle Arrian (Author) wrote Expedition of Alexander‚ The Campaigns of Alexander‚ historian‚ military commander‚ and philosopher Demosthenes (Author) First Philippic‚ makes a speech warning people about Phillip II of Macedon Euclid (Author) Geometry‚ the elements of Geometry Euripides (Author) wrote Medea native Athenian‚ criticized by comic writers‚ often uses deus ex machina‚ tragedy includes everyday emotions Isocrates (Author) wrote Panegyricus (speech written for the
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was structured by Euclid into a logical system * Plato also played a crucial role in laying out the beginnings of Greek geometry. His main contribution was not the in the content of his discoveries‚ but in his contribution to the philosophy of mathematics. Aristotle * He noted the difference between an axiom and postulate. * He also developed the laws of logical reasoning. Euclid * He collected
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