Thank you for doing this video! I am tutoring tomorrow and needed a refresher. I was very impressed with your historical background and calm tone during explanation. I will be viewing any other videos you have. Thank you again! ~Suzie
@italiansky2010 Hi Suzie! : ) I did a lot of tutoring, and I found it to be very rewarding. I found it challenging to try and figure out, "why doesn't this person get it?" It's like being Sherlock Holmes with the students. You have to solve the mystery. Find the part of the puzzle that they are lacking. Then provide it. I can recommend two inexpensive geometry paperbacks to refresh you knowledge with: "E-Z Geometry", by Lawrence Leff, Barrons. And "Geometry", Barnett Rich, Schaums. Brian
Enjoyed this one. I was aware of how clever the Greeks were in thinking about and working out some of the mysteries of the world around them. What is new to me here is finding out why there are 360 degrees in a circle, I often wondered about that number of 360, now thanks to your video I am enlightened - eureka!
@Roolooth99 I think it's amusing, they almost had the number right, 360 instead of 365 days in a year, Otherwise, we might say a circle has 365 degrees today! We must pay sometimes for the sins of our Forefathers. Haha. Same thing in electricity theory. In the early days, they knew they had two kinds of charged objects-positive and negative. They took a flying guess at which kind moves in a wire, and called it positive. Wrong! And we've just lived with that convention ever since. : )
And I like your new setup. It's like a virtual classroom!
I like how you explained about the greeks and Euclid and how they went around trying to figure out the proofs. It is amazing to see what the ancients had to go through in order to make the building blocks or foundations of mathematics, which are now all given to us in class, without having to think it up ourselves, and taking for granted the fact that it took centuries and lots of hard work to get to where we are at now. Great vid!
@EmeraldxFairy Hi ExF, I'm glad that at least one person has appeciated what I was trying to say. One thing I found out while doing this video, is how hard it is to be simple, straightforward and clear! I realized how scattered or disorganized I usually think and speak, and if one is trying to be a Teacher, he has to tighten up his whole way of communicating. I enjoyed it, and hope to do more on other topics in Science. Brian.
@LoveMattersMost Oh Goody! I'll be looking forward to more virtual classes from you! :) I don't think you were disorganized, but you probably just feel that way because you're not used to it.
Oh the memories! :) Of all the math classes I had taken, (algebra, geometry, calculus), I was weakest in geometry. I don't know why I felt like it was such a struggle to solve even ONE problem, but it was.
I think I might've felt a part of my brain feel "offended" to have to view angles and triangles and circles again since it's been ages since I last did any advanced math, but that's a good thing, because it's definitely about time I get back to it and expand the thinking side of my brain.
@EmeraldxFairy I'm quite impressed that you have had so much math. Esp. through Calc! It's funny that you mentioned geometry seemed different to you than the other classes. I had the same experience. We were taught algebra first, then geometry second. It was so different, completely different from Algebra, that I remembered not liking it too. It just didn't seem like math. It was pictures and not math. I wonder if we didn't like it because it was using the pictoral side of our brains? Brian.
@TheFaustianMan I tried the link w/o spaces and got an error msg. But, I got to your tumblr site and browsed a few pages of random pictures. Fascinating! Sacred, Profane, Bueauty and Horror, The curious, the amusing, the nostalgic. I enjoyed it a lot. Very random. I get quite frustrated trying to navigate around Tumblr pages. There is no search or index feature! But there is soooo much interesting stuff there! Brian.
@LoveMattersMost Tumlr is a full assault on the senses. The pornographic, the profane, and the profound. Ah yes, I remember the "Not Even Wrong" insult. hahaha.
This should work better: twitpic [DOT] com/44w1oy
@LoveMattersMost Tumlr is a full assault on the senses. The pornographic, the profane, and the profound. Ah yes, I remember the "Not Even Wrong" insult. hahaha.
Did you ever watch Donald Duck in Mathmagicland? It was an old Disney movie we watched in Geometry class. Most of the kids that watched it, missed the point and tried to become instant pool sharks.
This was really good. And it reminds me of a story....
I am not one for numerology, so don't take it that way but, our civilization, as well as the Greeks, is based on 4's and 3's . It comes from Mesopotamia. This, is something we carry with us, along with other things, from the earliest city-states.
I remember getting into a heated "discussion" with a physicist who said, that new science is not based on such, for instance physics as 12 dimensions.
@TheFaustianMan@TheFaustianMan Ha! I switch off mentally, once people talk about more than 3-D. I guess I will never study string-theory,huh! : ) From Wiki: "An argument that appears to be scientific is said to be not even wrong if it cannot be falsified (i.e., tested) by experiment or cannot be used to make predictions about the natural world. The phrase was coined by theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who was known for his colorful objections to incorrect or sloppy thinking."
@TheFaustianMan Hi Faust. Personally, I can't comprehend any more than 3-D. My brain switches off and dies when I hear of people (string theorists) talking about many dimensions. Physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a cute expression. It's so far out, it cannot even be classified as wrong! -This was a big insult whenever he used this expression towards a colleague: "Not even wrong." : ) Brian.
Thank you for doing this video! I am tutoring tomorrow and needed a refresher. I was very impressed with your historical background and calm tone during explanation. I will be viewing any other videos you have. Thank you again! ~Suzie
italiansky2010 4 months ago
@italiansky2010 Hi Suzie! : ) I did a lot of tutoring, and I found it to be very rewarding. I found it challenging to try and figure out, "why doesn't this person get it?" It's like being Sherlock Holmes with the students. You have to solve the mystery. Find the part of the puzzle that they are lacking. Then provide it. I can recommend two inexpensive geometry paperbacks to refresh you knowledge with: "E-Z Geometry", by Lawrence Leff, Barrons. And "Geometry", Barnett Rich, Schaums. Brian
LoveMattersMost 4 months ago
thank you.
I come out with some new information.
abu0ibraheem 8 months ago
@abu0ibraheem You're welcome! Brian.
LoveMattersMost 8 months ago
Enjoyed this one. I was aware of how clever the Greeks were in thinking about and working out some of the mysteries of the world around them. What is new to me here is finding out why there are 360 degrees in a circle, I often wondered about that number of 360, now thanks to your video I am enlightened - eureka!
Roolooth99 8 months ago
@Roolooth99 I think it's amusing, they almost had the number right, 360 instead of 365 days in a year, Otherwise, we might say a circle has 365 degrees today! We must pay sometimes for the sins of our Forefathers. Haha. Same thing in electricity theory. In the early days, they knew they had two kinds of charged objects-positive and negative. They took a flying guess at which kind moves in a wire, and called it positive. Wrong! And we've just lived with that convention ever since. : )
LoveMattersMost 8 months ago
Magic!
ASAngelo 10 months ago
I LOVE YOU
MADMIKE2197 10 months ago
And I like your new setup. It's like a virtual classroom!
I like how you explained about the greeks and Euclid and how they went around trying to figure out the proofs. It is amazing to see what the ancients had to go through in order to make the building blocks or foundations of mathematics, which are now all given to us in class, without having to think it up ourselves, and taking for granted the fact that it took centuries and lots of hard work to get to where we are at now. Great vid!
EmeraldxFairy 11 months ago
@EmeraldxFairy Hi ExF, I'm glad that at least one person has appeciated what I was trying to say. One thing I found out while doing this video, is how hard it is to be simple, straightforward and clear! I realized how scattered or disorganized I usually think and speak, and if one is trying to be a Teacher, he has to tighten up his whole way of communicating. I enjoyed it, and hope to do more on other topics in Science. Brian.
LoveMattersMost 11 months ago
@LoveMattersMost Oh Goody! I'll be looking forward to more virtual classes from you! :) I don't think you were disorganized, but you probably just feel that way because you're not used to it.
EmeraldxFairy 11 months ago
Oh the memories! :) Of all the math classes I had taken, (algebra, geometry, calculus), I was weakest in geometry. I don't know why I felt like it was such a struggle to solve even ONE problem, but it was.
I think I might've felt a part of my brain feel "offended" to have to view angles and triangles and circles again since it's been ages since I last did any advanced math, but that's a good thing, because it's definitely about time I get back to it and expand the thinking side of my brain.
EmeraldxFairy 11 months ago
@EmeraldxFairy I'm quite impressed that you have had so much math. Esp. through Calc! It's funny that you mentioned geometry seemed different to you than the other classes. I had the same experience. We were taught algebra first, then geometry second. It was so different, completely different from Algebra, that I remembered not liking it too. It just didn't seem like math. It was pictures and not math. I wonder if we didn't like it because it was using the pictoral side of our brains? Brian.
LoveMattersMost 11 months ago
Interesting. Thanks.
JoeSinopoli 1 year ago
@JoeSinopoli Thanks for watching! Brian.
LoveMattersMost 1 year ago
Oh and....
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(Remove the spaces in the beginning.)
TheFaustianMan 1 year ago
@TheFaustianMan I tried the link w/o spaces and got an error msg. But, I got to your tumblr site and browsed a few pages of random pictures. Fascinating! Sacred, Profane, Bueauty and Horror, The curious, the amusing, the nostalgic. I enjoyed it a lot. Very random. I get quite frustrated trying to navigate around Tumblr pages. There is no search or index feature! But there is soooo much interesting stuff there! Brian.
LoveMattersMost 1 year ago
@LoveMattersMost Tumlr is a full assault on the senses. The pornographic, the profane, and the profound. Ah yes, I remember the "Not Even Wrong" insult. hahaha.
This should work better: twitpic [DOT] com/44w1oy
TheFaustianMan 1 year ago
@LoveMattersMost Tumlr is a full assault on the senses. The pornographic, the profane, and the profound. Ah yes, I remember the "Not Even Wrong" insult. hahaha.
This should work better twitpic(DOT)com/44w1oy
TheFaustianMan 1 year ago
Did you ever watch Donald Duck in Mathmagicland? It was an old Disney movie we watched in Geometry class. Most of the kids that watched it, missed the point and tried to become instant pool sharks.
This was really good. And it reminds me of a story....
TheFaustianMan 1 year ago
I am not one for numerology, so don't take it that way but, our civilization, as well as the Greeks, is based on 4's and 3's . It comes from Mesopotamia. This, is something we carry with us, along with other things, from the earliest city-states.
I remember getting into a heated "discussion" with a physicist who said, that new science is not based on such, for instance physics as 12 dimensions.
I then asked, well then, what is 4 times 3?
Some completely miss the point. no pun intended.
TheFaustianMan 1 year ago
@TheFaustianMan @TheFaustianMan Ha! I switch off mentally, once people talk about more than 3-D. I guess I will never study string-theory,huh! : ) From Wiki: "An argument that appears to be scientific is said to be not even wrong if it cannot be falsified (i.e., tested) by experiment or cannot be used to make predictions about the natural world. The phrase was coined by theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli, who was known for his colorful objections to incorrect or sloppy thinking."
LoveMattersMost 1 year ago
@TheFaustianMan Hi Faust. Personally, I can't comprehend any more than 3-D. My brain switches off and dies when I hear of people (string theorists) talking about many dimensions. Physicist Wolfgang Pauli had a cute expression. It's so far out, it cannot even be classified as wrong! -This was a big insult whenever he used this expression towards a colleague: "Not even wrong." : ) Brian.
LoveMattersMost 1 year ago
@TheFaustianMan Oh yes, we saw all those old Disney education films. I also remember one with "Jiminy Cricket?" Haha! Brian.
LoveMattersMost 1 year ago