

Geometry: An Interactive Journey to Mastery
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S. 1 ÉP. 1 - Geometry - Ancient Ropes and Modern Phones
1 mai 201433 minExplore the origins of one of the oldest branches of mathematics. See how geometry not only deals with practical concerns such as mapping, navigation, architecture, and engineering, but also offers an intellectual journey in its own right - inviting big, deep questions. #Science & MathematicsDémarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 2 - Beginnings - Jargon and Undefined Terms
1 mai 201428 minLay the basic building blocks of geometry by examining what we mean by the terms point, line, angle, plane, straight, and flat. Then learn the postulates or axioms for how those building blocks interact. Finally, work through your first proof - the vertical angle theorem.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 3 - Angles and Pencil-Turning Mysteries
1 mai 201428 minUsing nothing more than an ordinary pencil, see how three angles in a triangle can add up to 180 degrees. Then compare how the experience of turning a pencil on a flat triangle differs from walking in a triangular shape on the surface of a sphere. With this exercise, Professor Tanton introduces you to the difference between flat and spherical geometry.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 4 - Understanding Polygons
1 mai 201431 minShapes with straight lines (called polygons) are all around you, from the pattern on your bathroom floor to the structure of everyday objects. But although we may have an intuitive understanding of what these shapes are, how do we define them mathematically? What are their properties? Find out the answers to these questions and more.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 5 - The Pythagorean Theorem
1 mai 201429 minWe commonly define the Pythagorean theorem using the formula a2 + b2 = c2. But Pythagoras himself would have been confused by that. Explore how this famous theorem can be explained using common geometric shapes (no fancy algebra required), and how it's a critical foundation for the rest of geometry.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 6 - Distance, Midpoints, and Folding Ties
1 mai 201429 minLearn how watching a fly on his ceiling inspired the mathematician René Descartes to link geometry and algebra. Find out how this powerful connection allows us to use algebra to calculate distances, midpoints, and more.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 7 - The Nature of Parallelism
1 mai 201435 minExamine how our usual definition of parallelism is impossible to check. Use the fundamental assumptions from the previous lectures to follow in Euclid's footsteps and create an alternative way of checking if lines are parallel. See how, using this result, it's possible to compute the circumference of the Earth just by using shadows!Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 8 - Proofs and Proof Writing
1 mai 201429 minThe beauty of geometry is that each result logically builds on the others. Mathematicians demonstrate this chain of deduction using proofs. Learn this step-by-step process of logic and see how to construct your own proofs.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 9 - Similarity and Congruence
1 mai 201434 minDefine what it means for polygons to be "similar" or "congruent" by thinking about photocopies. Then use that to prove the third key assumption of geometry - the side-angle-side postulate - which lets you verify when triangles are similar. Thales of Ionia used this principle in 600 B.C.E. to impress the Egyptians by calculating the height of the pyramids.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 10 - Practical Applications of Similarity
1 mai 201431 minBuild on the side-angle-side postulate and derive other ways of testing whether triangles are similar or congruent. Also dive into several practical applications, including a trick botanists use for estimating the heights of trees and a way to measure the width of a river using only a baseball cap.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 11 - Making Use of Linear Equations
1 mai 201429 minDelve deeper into the connections between algebra and geometry by looking at lines and their equations. Use the three basic assumptions from previous lectures to prove that parallel lines have the same slope and to calculate the shortest distance between a point and a line.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 12 - Equidistance - A Focus on Distance
1 mai 201433 minYou've learned how to find the midpoint between two points. But what if you have three points? Or four points? Explore the concept of equidistance and how it reveals even more about the properties of triangles and other shapes.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 13 - A Return to Parallelism
1 mai 201431 minContinue your study of parallelism by exploring the properties of transversals (lines that intersect two other lines). Prove how corresponding angles are congruent, and see how this fact ties into a particular type of polygon: trapezoids.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 14 - Exploring Special Quadrilaterals
1 mai 201430 minClassify all different types of four-sided polygons (called quadrilaterals) and learn the surprising characteristics about the diagonals and interior angles of rectangles, rhombuses, trapezoids, and more. Also see how real-life objects - like ironing boards - exhibit these geometric characteristics.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 15 - The Classification of Triangles
1 mai 201430 minContinue the work of classification with triangles. Find out what mathematicians mean when they use words like scalene, isosceles, equilateral, acute, right, and obtuse. Then, learn how to use the Pythagorean theorem to determine the type of triangle (even if you don't know the measurements of the angles).Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 16 - Circle-ometry - On Circular Motion
1 mai 201432 minHow can you figure out the "height" of the sun in the sky without being able to measure it directly with a ruler? Follow the path of ancient Indian scholars to answer this question using "angle of elevation" and a branch of geometry called trigonometry. You learn the basic trig identities (sine, cosine, and tangent) and how physicists use them to describe circular motion.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 17 - Trigonometry through Right Triangles
1 mai 201428 minThe trig identities you explored in the last lecture go beyond circles. Learn how to define all of them just using triangles (expressed in the famous acronym SOHCAHTOA). Then, uncover how trigonometry is practically applied by architects and engineers to measure the heights of buildings.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 18 - What Is the Sine of 1°?
1 mai 201432 minSo far, you've seen how to calculate the sine, cosine, and tangents of basic angles (0°, 30°, 45°, 60°, and 90°). What about calculating them for other angles - without a calculator? You'll use the Pythagorean theorem to come up with formulas for sums and differences of the trig identities, which then allow you to calculate them for other angles.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 19 - The Geometry of a Circle
1 mai 201429 minExplore the world of circles! Learn the definition of a circle as well as what mathematicians mean when they say things like radius, chord, diameter, secant, tangent, and arc. See how these interact, and use that knowledge to prove the inscribed angle theorem and Thales' theorem.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 20 - The Equation of a Circle
1 mai 201433 minIn your study of lines, you used the combination of geometry and algebra to determine all kinds of interesting properties and characteristics. Now, you'll do the same for circles, including deriving the algebraic equation for a circle.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 21 - Understanding Area
1 mai 201428 minWhat do we mean when we say "area"? Explore how its definition isn't quite so straightforward. Then, work out the formula for the area of a triangle and see how to use that formula to derive the area of any other polygon.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 22 - Explorations with Pi
1 mai 201431 minWe say that pi is 3.14159 ... but what is pi really? Why does it matter? And what does it have to do with the area of a circle? Explore the answer to these questions and more - including how to define pi for shapes other than circles (such as squares).Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 23 - Three-Dimensional Geometry - Solids
1 mai 201432 minSo far, you've figured out all kinds of fun properties with two-dimensional shapes. But what if you go up to three dimensions? In this lecture, you classify common 3-D shapes such as cones and cylinders, and learn some surprising definitions. Finally, you study the properties (like volume) of these shapes.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 24 - Introduction to Scale
1 mai 201430 minIf you double the side-lengths of a shape, what happens to its area? If the shape is three-dimensional, what happens to its volume? In this lecture, you explore the concept of scale. You use this idea to re-derive one of our fundamental assumptions of geometry, the Pythagorean theorem, using the areas of any shape drawn on the edges of the right triangle - not just squares.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheterS. 1 ÉP. 25 - Playing with Geometric Probability
1 mai 201430 minUnite geometry with the world of probability theory. See how connecting these seemingly unrelated fields offers new ways of solving questions of probability - including figuring out the likelihood of having a short wait for the bus at the bus stop.Démarrer un essai gratuit de The Great Courses Signature Collection ou acheter