The House That Geometry Built

Philip J. Davis and William G. Chinn

Chapter 13 in 3.1416 And All That, 1985, pp 94-100 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract MOST OF US are aware that specialized language and vocabulary often go together with specialized branches of learning. Certain technical phrases—easily understood by the technically informed person—may entirely befuddle the uninitiated. As if to compound the confusion, we frequently employ abbreviations for pet phrases. For example, we use the innocent “etc.” in everyday language; whether the reader reads it as “et cetera,” “and so forth” or “and so on” really doesn’t matter—all of these communicate the same message.

Keywords: Euclidean Geometry; Projective Geometry; Rigid Motion; Everyday Language; Included Angle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8519-0_13

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