Euclid as Teacher
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Audio recording of a lecture delivered on July 10, 2019 by William Braithwaite as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Mr. Braithwaite is a tutor at St. John's College, Annapolis. His talk centers on Euclid's role as an educator not just of mathematics but also of life. In particular, Braithwaite examines the ways in which Euclid's mathematical reasoning has applicability outside of what would be traditionally thought. Using examples from Mark Twain, Abraham Lincoln, and others, this talk deepens an understanding of Euclid as a teacher of logic, mathematics, and life.
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2019-07-10
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Teaching Poetry, Revelation, Mathematics, and Respect for Truth
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Video recording of a lecture delivered on July 8, 2020 by Ted Hadzi-Antich as part of the Graduate Institute Summer Lecture Series.
Ted Hadzi-Antich, chair of the political science department at Austin Community College, presents a talk about teaching the first book of Euclid’s Elements in the context of other works studied in the Great Questions seminar. This lecture includes some animated presentations of Euclid propositions, including 1.47.
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2020-07-08
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What Is the Surface Area of a Hedgehog? (Steiner Lecture)
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Audio recording of a lecture delivered on September 30, 2011, by Barry Mazur as part of the Formal Lecture Series.<br /><br />Mazur describes his lecture: "Well, I don't know the answer to the question of the title and no hedgehog will be harmed, or even mentioned again, in my lecture. The concept of area is one of the many things of interest in Euclid's <em>Elements</em>, and is familiar to all who have been through the Freshman program here at St. John's. There are many ways to approach it. Archimedes, for example sometimes likes to convert the problem of computing area to computing something akin to weight. I'll spend this hour considering these approaches and how they touch on broader issues in mathematical thought such as analogy, heuristic, paradox, and something I'll call characterization (a version of axiomatization). As for prior reading, absolutely none (except what you may have already read in Euclid) is needed, but I will be turning again and again to Proposition 37 of Book I of the <em>Elements</em>: Triangles which are on the same base and in the same parallels equal one another. So if you want to read one page in preparation, take a look at the statement and proof of that marvelous proposition."<br /><br /><span>This lecture is also part of the Steiner Lecture Series, which is made possible by a gift from the Steiner family in memory of Andrew Steiner, an alumnus of the college from 1963. The lecture series was established to bring notable speakers to campus from a variety of disciplines and endeavors, in recognition of Steiner’s intellectual versatility, and for the sake of continued learning.</span>
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2011-09-30
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