“趣味知识漫谈”系列讲座：天文学的故事

这次的讲座我们不讲抽象的数学，而是穿越几千年的时空，介绍数学的历史和思想。讲座分为两次，第一次讲天文学，第二次讲几何学。
第一讲：天文学
* 从古希腊神话和星座开始讲起
* 人们为什么要仰望星空，为什么发明星座？
* 人们从星空中得到了什么知识？
* 天文学如何启发古代哲学家思考？这些思考有如何深刻影响了人类文明？
第二讲：几何学
* 从建造金字塔的古代埃及人讲起
* 埃及人用几何学来做什么？
* 勾股定律如何变成了勾股定理？
* 希腊人为什么要坚持用尺规作图？
* 古希腊的几何学如何奠定了现代社会的基础？
疫情结束后，我们还可以去野外教学。在灿烂的星空下听天文学的故事、辨识星座、观测流星雨、学习测量纬度和时间。或者到开阔的草地上，像一个古埃及的税吏那样丈量土地，重演几何定理发现的过程，了解诸如勾股定理这样的数学定理是怎样发现的，又是如何在实践中得到应用。
无论你是成人还是青少年、职场精英还是家庭主妇，只要你对未知充满好奇，都欢迎来和我们一起学习、交流！
时间：
第一讲(天文学)： 2020年5月22号周五晚上8:00到9:30。(加东时间)
第二讲(几何学)： 2020年5月29日，周五晚8:00到9:30 (加东时间)。
About Lecture
In this lecture series, we will travel with Yingfeng through thousands of years to understand the history and ideas of mathematics, touch the profound thoughts behind it, and see how human beings have use it to solve problems in their lives.
Lecture 1: Astronomy
Ancient Greek myths and constellations
Why do people look up at the stars and why invent constellations?
What knowledge do people get from the stars?
How did astronomy inspire ancient philosophers? How have their thoughts profoundly affected human civilization?
Lecture 2: Geometry
The Ancient Egyptians and their pyramid
What did the Egyptians do with Geometry?
How did the Pythagorean Law become the Pythagorean Theorem?
Why did the Greeks think it was very important to use Compass andstraightedge?
How did the Geometry of Ancient Greece lay the foundation of modern society?
When the pandemic is over, Yingfeng would like to lead field trips into the wildness. We would get to listen to the stories of astronomy under the starry sky, recognize the constellation, observe the meteor shower, and/or learn to measure their latitude and time. We could also go to an open field, and measure the land like an Ancient Egyptian tax collector. We would reproduce the common geometric theorem discovery process, and see how the Pythagorean theorem was discovered and how it was applied in practice.

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