Experimental and observational geometry

<p>Geometry has the distinction of being one of the oldest subjects given in the high-school.</p> <p>Its subject-matter was formulated and organized by the Greeks into a fine system of thought before the time of Christ. Since leaving the hands of the Greeks, geometry has received only a few minor changes, and these largely in recent years.</p> <p>Heretofore, the study of geometry has been made almost entirely dependent upon memory and reasoning. Geometricians have been slow in adopting the laboratory and observational methods.</p> <p>This thesis has been written to encourage the student in his work of observing geometrical forms, and in the construction of good designs and geometrical figures, and to obtain a better practical understanding of the figures and principles of geometry through the laboratory and observational work.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Year dc:date.available

1928

Author dc:creator

• Field, Albert D.

Contributors dc:contributor

• J. William Harris

• Education
• Geometry
• Geometry and Topology
• Science and Mathematics Education

Licence

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/882

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:uop_etds-1881