GEOMETRY Geometry
surrounds us everywhere. Patterns in geometry are used in science, art,
construction,
architecture, city street planning, home building, interior design,
piloting,
gardening, and traffic signs. Artists, builders, designers, masons,
machinists,
and writers all use geometry on the job.
An ancient Greek mathematician, Euclid of Alexandria (300 B.C.), has been called the "father of geometry". Euclid was the author of many works, but he is most famous for The Elements, which consisted of thirteen books about geometry.
Geometry is the branch of Mathematics
that focuses on the properties, measurement, and relations of points, lines,
angles, surfaces, and solids (Hirsch, 1988). There is a common list
of Greek
prefixes used
in naming two and three-dimensional geometric figures.
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