GRADE EIGHT: the required elements

• Topics: Euclid, Book VI, selected proofs; trigonometry, logic, algebra;
• History: Islamic-Christian mathematical and scientific cultural exchange.
• Suggested Integrative Projects (one required):
  1. The Indian numerals.
  2. The geometric algebra constructions of Euclid.
  3. Sacred calligraphy and the birth of Al-jabr.
  4. The 3-sphere in Dante's Divine Comedy.
  5. The algebra of Ibn Tusi.
  6. African divination.
  7. Proportions of Gothic cathedrals, ancient geometry.
  8. The geometry of Giotto.
  9. The Hermetic Corpus, astrology, and optics.