history of symmetry...please can someone help!?!?!

edna_clouds

Please can someone help me...

I am doing primary education, and my specialist subject is maths. I have to do presentation, and decided to study the topic symmetry (reflection, rotation, and translation), I need to include a brief history on the topic, I have books and researched for hours on end and seem to be getting no where...please please please can someone point me in the right direction before I pull all my hair out.

Thanks

ftbworried

blinking heck... http://courses.wcupa.edu/jkerriga/Lessons/GEOMETRY.html

Third hit when you search "History of symmetry" on google. I hope my future kids don't get taught by someone who can't type three words into google.

edna_clouds

ftbworried wrote: »

I hope my future kids don't get taught by someone who can't type three words into google.

:mad: I did do search on google...but couldn't find what I wanted!!! Found that sight you mentioned but it is not relevant for what I need!

Thank you anyway

melancholly

i don't know how to define the history of symmetry......it's a tough thing to do - i can only suggest that someone like Euclid would be the place to start - i can't see anything about symmetry specifically in the contents of The Elements - i guess it's more about geometry and things like that.............

maybe a play on wikipedia looking at people like Pythagoras or Achimedes or other ancient greek philosphers who looked at things with a mathematical approach would help?