Welcome to Math.Promo’s “Video Safari of Euclid’s Elements.” This page will act as the base camp we depart from (and come back too). We have food, fresh water, and a love of math!
If you haven’t met Euclid, well, it’s a little late to now.
But, he was a mathematic genius who not only walked circles around us with geometry, he taught the world how to properly do a proof. The series of books known as Euclid’s Elements are amazing evidence of this, and the “Video Safari of Euclid’s Elements” will drive deeply into the mathematical wild to capture each one. Bring sunscreen, bug spray, a safari hat, and plenty of water.
Our reference is:
Euclid’s Elements: All Thirteen Books in One Volume
Edited by Dana Densmore
Translation by T.L. Heath
Published by Green Lion Press and available on their web site, at the Tattered Cover (support your local bookstore), Amazon, and more.
The book is leveraged as a reference for our video series with the permission of Green Lion Press. Be sure to also check out their related titles:
- Bones: A Handy Where-to-Find Pocket Reference Companion to Euclid’s Elements
- Euclid’s Elements Book One with Questions for Discussion
I may veer off the path in explaining a proposition. That’s on me, not Euclid, Heath, Densmore, or Green Lion Press. 🙂
Here is the “Video Safari of Euclid’s Elements” playlist on YouTube:
The geometric drawing tool I use to guide us as we visit each proposition is GeoGebra.
Music in videos are thanks to the Audiio music service or Envato Elements. Envato Elements has a ton of other building blocks for creativity (sound effects, images, Adobe Premiere Pro motion graphics, PowerPoint templates, and so, so much more).
Although I mention Indiana University East, Green Lion Press, and other services verbally, graphically, and/or in writing, that is my endorsement of *them*, not their endorsement of me. 🙂
Credit for “Slap like on this video” to the world’s most awesome bassist and YouTube star, davie504. No, I don’t play bass. But, he probably doesn’t do a whole bunch of geometry and trigonometry. 🙂
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