@Nikhil Sawarka, You wrote: "Looks like Vedic Mathematics is completely ignored!" Well, besides Indian geometry, he also said nothing about Chinese geometry from the Warring States, Qin, and Han periods, but that's not the point of the video. The central theme of this video is about ancient Greek geometry, Euclid in particular, and since Egypt and Babylonia both influenced Greek mathematics beginning with Thales, the narrator here judiciously chose to focus on those two examples.
The programmes were originally BBC OU broadcasts - I have some of them on tape (this one) - Thanks to MathHist for uploading the G Flegg ones - I could not find my Greek Maths tape - which are reproduced here - Great!
Mathematics existed BEFORE the Ancient Greeks. For example, the Egyptians were pretty good in math because one of their main problems was how to redivide the land close to Nile after a flood. They also used math for accounting purposes. The “Rhind Mathematical papyrus” (in the British Museum) has a number of math problems, say, how many loafs of bread you should be able to get from a certain volume of grain. The Greeks took all these empirical formulae, enhanced them with new results, and developed “axiomatic math,” where using a few axioms one can progressively solve new problems using established knowledge. Plato called that process “epistimi,” (science).
I'd like to offer a quick proof summary to how it is that the diameter of a circle splits it into 2 congruent halves. This would rest on taking 2 limits of identical functions(representing the areas of the regular polygon halves) and already taking into account that their limits in turn are equivalent as n, the number of sides approaches infinity.
How do we know the translations from ancient greek to english are sound? Wouldn't the translator have to have extensive math knowledge in order to be able to translate it?
IMPERIAL powers get credit for creations of their slaves, subjects, and even philosophies that said Imperial powers stole. Examples, American Olympic basketball teams spreading positive image of America after winning olympics, even though majority of team players are dark skinned and live in a nation where their poorer black (and non-black) citizens face continual oppression. ANcient Greece often given credit even though much of their creations were NOT THEIR OWN CREATIONS and many of their Greek subjects were from parts of the globe that are not today CONTINENTAL GREECE (from Africa, etc). PS: Homer stole Egyptian myths and incorporated them into some of his Iliads; Greeks took over Egypt, and destroyed the Temple of Imhotep, but stole much of the info/texts, Socrates (who was probably black/dark skinned), Plato and Aristotle all studied in Africa (Egypt) for years. Most ignorant people say the father of medicine was HYPOCRATES, yet even he said Imhotep of Egypt was the greatest doctor of medicine. Racism is everywhere in our culture and most video producers, writers, and K-12, universities, religions, governments are not willing to give credit to non-Greek, non-European, Non-Anglo-American cultures, and geniuses (in order to create white supremacy)....
Really love these old school, turn of the century British docs, they give me a very pleasant and nostalgic feeling..
Modern docs rarely do it for me, they seem very simplified and narrative driven as opposed to presenting truth. BBC nature docs are still good though.
Turn of the century? Looks like probably the 60s or 70s lol
@@falcodarkzz i agree. The overuse of music to convey/wordlessly explain how the viewer is supposed to feel, is nerve racking too.
@@818deadboys Agreed, it's like a laughing track equivalent, telling you what to think and feel...
Just started learning Euclidean geometry. Feels like I'm going on an odyssey.
@Nikhil Sawarka, You wrote: "Looks like Vedic Mathematics is completely ignored!" Well, besides Indian geometry, he also said nothing about Chinese geometry from the Warring States, Qin, and Han periods, but that's not the point of the video. The central theme of this video is about ancient Greek geometry, Euclid in particular, and since Egypt and Babylonia both influenced Greek mathematics beginning with Thales, the narrator here judiciously chose to focus on those two examples.
The programmes were originally BBC OU broadcasts - I have some of them on tape (this one) - Thanks to MathHist for uploading the G Flegg ones - I could not find my Greek Maths tape - which are reproduced here - Great!
I want of set of Euclid's Element that look exactly like those
Did you got it?
Nope
I do research in Euclid and Non-Euclidean geometry
im gettinf disord nitro for this
Mathematics existed BEFORE the Ancient Greeks. For example, the Egyptians were pretty good in math because one of their main problems was how to redivide the land close to Nile after a flood. They also used math for accounting purposes. The “Rhind Mathematical papyrus” (in the British Museum) has a number of math problems, say, how many loafs of bread you should be able to get from a certain volume of grain.
The Greeks took all these empirical formulae, enhanced them with new results, and developed “axiomatic math,” where using a few axioms one can progressively solve new problems using established knowledge. Plato called that process “epistimi,” (science).
C'mon England, 90 years after its first printing? Although you did more than catch-up quite admirably :}.
Hey, where could i get those elements books?
If your library system is worth a damn, they will have it
Any college bookstore should also have it
Who else is watching this in 2020 for a school report
classic video by BBC
why is the image bouncing so much?
🙏Thankyou sooooooooo much🌲❤️
my mans moving them books around like card dueler
Thks, may I have more please.
The preamble is a bit eurocentric but gmi miss old documentaries nonetheless
I'd like to offer a quick proof summary to how it is that the diameter of a circle splits it into 2 congruent halves. This would rest on taking 2 limits of identical functions(representing the areas of the regular polygon halves) and already taking into account that their limits in turn are equivalent as n, the number of sides approaches infinity.
Rick A lameass
How do we know the translations from ancient greek to english are sound? Wouldn't the translator have to have extensive math knowledge in order to be able to translate it?
School is bad
This is a joke school is good for you
Looks like Vedic Mathematics is completely ignored !
@@caseywood487 lmaoo exactly
IMPERIAL powers get credit for creations of their slaves, subjects, and even philosophies that said Imperial powers stole. Examples, American Olympic basketball teams spreading positive image of America after winning olympics, even though majority of team players are dark skinned and live in a nation where their poorer black (and non-black) citizens face continual oppression. ANcient Greece often given credit even though much of their creations were NOT THEIR OWN CREATIONS and many of their Greek subjects were from parts of the globe that are not today CONTINENTAL GREECE (from Africa, etc). PS: Homer stole Egyptian myths and incorporated them into some of his Iliads; Greeks took over Egypt, and destroyed the Temple of Imhotep, but stole much of the info/texts, Socrates (who was probably black/dark skinned), Plato and Aristotle all studied in Africa (Egypt) for years. Most ignorant people say the father of medicine was HYPOCRATES, yet even he said Imhotep of Egypt was the greatest doctor of medicine. Racism is everywhere in our culture and most video producers, writers, and K-12, universities, religions, governments are not willing to give credit to non-Greek, non-European, Non-Anglo-American cultures, and geniuses (in order to create white supremacy)....
Jimmy Curry no one was thinking racism until you mentioned it. Stop oppressing yourself.
Glory to Ukraine! 🇺🇦