dome The Death of Distance: from Pythagoras to Galileo
An event at the Dome, November 29th, 2000
 


Introduction
Ancient Egyptians
Babylonians
Ancient Greeks
Ancient Romans


dome

Levers | Pulleys | Cranes | Bridges | Mechanisms | Thales | Pythagoras | Pyramid height | Golden ratio

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Pyramid puzzle
Geometry in Hawaiian History and Culture
Construction of the Pyramids
The evolution of the Pyramid
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Egyptian mathematics
Babylonian mathematics
Babylonian and Egyptian history
Babylonian square roots

A lesson plan (Word 2000)