Geometry is a very ancient science.
The name comes from 'geo measure' since geometry was originally
about measuring the fields for farms. The science of geometry was
developed by many ancient cultures, Egyptian, Chinese and above all Greek.
The famous book, The Elements, written by Euclid is
still the basis of plane geometry. Click this link to learn more about
EUCLID
Geometry is also a study of
mathematical logic. Certain facts are assumed to be true. These are
called axioms or
postulates. Sometimes facts are simply definitions
such as "a point is an entity on a plane having no dimensions, only a
location" Other statements called theorems are
proven using axioms and postulates. To understand geometry it is
neccessary to understand its basic definitions, axioms and theorems.
Take a few minutes to explore BASIC TERMS, a web site about basic geometric terms. Lines and points are
fundamental entities in geometry but nearly everything else is a polygon.
A little further on we will take up circles, squares and triangles. They
are all polygons but there are many other kinds of polygons. Visit
POLYGONS to learn more about the many kinds of polygons. Ready for
circles, squares and triangles? Click here.