GRADE EIGHT: the required elements

Amended math bold for AY 2001-2002
  • Topics:
    • Euclid, Book II, selected proofs
    • algebra
  • History:
    • Islamic-Christian mathematical and scientific cultural exchange (incl Leo, Fibonacci)
  • Suggested Integrative Projects (one required):
    • The geometric algebra constructions of Euclid
    • Sacred calligraphy and the birth of Al-jabr
    • The 3-sphere in Dante's Divine Comedy
    • The algebra of Ibn Tusi
    • African divination
    • Proportions of Gothic cathedrals, ancient geometry
    • The geometry of Giotto
    • The Hermetic Corpus, astrology, and optics
Rev 03 February 2001 by William Irwin Thompson
Amended 21 August 2001 by Ralph Abraham