Dear Geometers,

Over the gates leading to Plato’s academy, he posted these words: “Let none ignorant of geometry enter here.” Plato and the Greeks could do amazing things with just a compass and a straightedge, and what they taught us about geometry remains with us today.

Geometry exists in a weird place between the ideal and the real. While we see geometric forms in the natural world, the world of geometry is in the world of ideas. In geometry when we talk about a circle, we’re really talking about the idea of a collection of points equidistant from one point. This makes geometry a playful and potential-filled discipline, which will not only let you better understand the natural world, but also dive deeper into the higher world of ideas.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck