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About this course
More than 2000 years ago, long before rockets were launched into orbit or explorers sailed around the globe, a Greek mathematician measured the size of the Earth using nothing more than a few facts about lines, angles, and circles. This course will start
at the very beginnings of geometry, answering questions like "How big is an angle?" and "What are parallel lines?" and proceed up through advanced theorems and proofs about 2D and 3D shapes. Along the way, you'll learn a few different ways to find the area
of a triangle, you'll discover a shortcut for counting the number of stones in the Great Pyramid of Giza, and you'll even come up with your own estimate for the size of the Earth.
In this course, you'll be able to choose your own path within each lesson, and you can jump between lessons to quickly review earlier material. GeometryX covers a standard curriculum in high school geometry, and CCSS (common core) alignment is indicated where
applicable.
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This course was funded in part by the Wertheimer Fund.
What you'll learn- How to measure angles, and rules for determining when angles are congruent
- How to prove and apply properties of triangles, quadrilaterals, and other polygons
- How to calculate the areas of polygons, circles, ellipses, and other complex shapes
- How to prove and apply the Pythagorean theorem
- How line segments and angles in circles are related
- How to calculate the volumes and surface areas of three-dimensional solids
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Vivek completed his doctorate in low energy physics at Harvard, where he studied robust approaches to quantum computation. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard, where he uses optical tools to study learning and memory in individual neurons. He
has taught electromagnetism and quantum mechanics at both MIT and Harvard, for which he has earned teaching distinctions.
Kenny Peng
Kenny is a software engineer with experience in creating performant technical infrastructure. Prior to School Yourself, he worked at Athena Capital Research as one of the lead engineers on a platform for high-frequency trading. As a former member of the Singapore-MIT
GAMBIT Game Lab, he worked on projects involving innovative technologies and concepts, such as Ochos Locos, a card game for the OLPC with its own modifiable engine, and Oozerts for Nintendo DS.
Michael is an undergraduate at Harvard, where he studies Mathematics. While teaching, he strives to promote abstract reasoning and intellectual curiosity. Previously, Michael worked on the Large Hadron Collider's ATLAS experiment, writing software for its detectors.