Translating Euclid: Designing a Human-Centered Mathematics

by Gerry Stahl

Translating Euclid reports on an effort to transform geometry for students from a stylus-and-clay-tablet corpus of historical theorems to a stimulating computer-supported collaborative-learning inquiry experience. The origin of geometry was a turning point in the pre-history of informatics, literacy, and rational thought. Yet, this triumph of human intellect became ossified through historic layers of systematization, beginning with Euclid's organization...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031010728
• ISBN13: 9783031010729
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 221 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 9.3"