EUCLID AND THE PHARAOH Geometry – Class 7 – Main Lesson The Room, or should I say the Grand Hall, where Euclid toiled was salubrious indeed, being part of tan Academy devoted to scholarly pursuits in the pharaonic palace of Ptolemy I at Alexandria in northern Egypt. The Pharaoh had been watching his busy countryman […]
BOOK: What is X? Why is Y?
What is X? Why is Y? Cosmometry to Geometry in G7 & G8
AS ABOVE – SO BELOW Cosmometry to Geometry I am Point, the Horror Vacuum – of revelation. My nothingness ignites fear in the material heart. I am the Fount of Man – spirit-water of Word, Spirit-light, a sword. From me all Being is born, to me all Beings are drawn. I am Circle – […]
What is X? Why is Y? Color and Form Complements
It is the legion number of properties the Golden Section (as seen in the logarithmic spiral above) possesses that make it so special. This ration – approx. 1 : 1.618 xxx – is singular in that its square can be produced by simply adding 1; the reciprocal calculated by subtracting 1. It is also the […]
What is X? Why is Y? How Do Measurements Emerge?
THE RUTTED TRACK TO SPACE The US standard railway gauge (distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they build them in England, and the English expatriates built the US railroads. Why did the English build them like that? Because […]
What is X? Why is Y? Overview of Finance from G1 to G12
BLUE CHIP LEMONADE An overview of the Finance-Economics program from Class 1 to 12 Occasionally as I lie awake in the wee small hours, my mind fixates on some minor cash-flow problem. Soon the black dog of depression enters my gloom-induced fantasy and chases me through the thickets of illusion. Here I imagine that the […]
What is X? Why is Y? Introduction to 7th & 8th Grade Math
THE 100,000 CRANES What is X? Why is Y? is a transition book, straddling Class 7 primary and Class 8 high school. As such, it seems reasonable to review the number path traveled by children to this point. The following is a brief exposition on Geometry – “Earth Measure”. A 7-year-old girl in Hiroshima was […]
Earthschooling – an Award Winning Curriculum
